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We need a distributed volunteer backed free replacement. Is IPFS or gnunet ready for that yet?
by marcodiego 5y ago
We need a distributed volunteer backed free replacement. Is IPFS or gnunet ready for that yet?
- api 5y agoThere are many replacements for tech savvy people, but few for people who lack the skills or time to futz around with configurations and installs and software updates. Regular users need something that just works instantly and never needs maintenance. If it doesn’t just work it’s broken.
- jeffbee 5y agoRight, we need to trade a vanishingly small probability that anti-abuse systems at Google will flag your school photos as Al Qaeda propaganda for the much higher probability that your files hosted on an elaborate scheme operated mostly by 4chan users will be unavailable due to widespread malfunction, malice, and capriciousness.
- marcodiego 5y agoNo. We have to replace a service with incentives which are not always on the user side with something that is a distributed volunteer backed free replacement.
- rsync 5y ago"We need a distributed volunteer backed free replacement. Is IPFS or gnunet ready for that yet?" Or you could just choose a provider who respected your privacy and had a very long history of standing for freedom of speech and the rights of users. If only such a provider existed. If only ...
- rei_ayanami 5y agoNextcloud
- 5dd83f0e 5y agoVery long history of breaking.