The "permanent web" goal didn't survive that well. I work closely with IPFS since 2018, and it's not part of the narative by now. The distributed part is still

The "permanent web" goal didn't survive that well. I work closely with IPFS since 2018, and it's not part of the narative by now. The distributed part is still going strong, but in my eyes distributed (or decentralization) should be a tool, not a goal. The question is which kind of Internet we want to build with these distributed infrastructure? If it's just cloning the current Internet, then I don't see what it brings. My personal answer is that we should build a democratic Internet. One where people are members of the Internet, instead of mere users, and decisions are made in a democratic process, like in a state. This kind of Internet can only be implemented using the distributed/decentralized tools.