One key difference I see is that web 2.0 kind of just emerged and we looked around ourselves and said "Hey, this is different. It's basically version 2 of the w

One key difference I see is that web 2.0 kind of just emerged and we looked around ourselves and said "Hey, this is different. It's basically version 2 of the web, web 2.0". It happened, and we observed it, and gave it a name, which was then hyped and buzzworded. Web3 seems to be going in the other direction: people have a vision for what the next paradigm shift might be, gave it a name, and are pushing it forward but it's not quite here yet. It might not get here, and if it does it might not be in the form that proponents are hoping for. Magic 8-ball says "situation hazy, ask again later" If we do get a newly decentralized Web3, I suspect the pendulum may then ultimately swing back yet again to centralization with Web4, and so on. So it goes.