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Yeah. I went in swinging with a chip on my shoulder but I couldn't find fault with the article. Solid as heck for the internet. (IMO) The one major problem

Yeah. I went in swinging with a chip on my shoulder but I couldn't find fault with the article. Solid as heck for the internet. (IMO) The one major problem I see with all this is mass adoption: it feels like most folks just don't care, and most of the folks who do care wind up using the "bad stuff" anyway (mostly out of convenience, but also due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).) Even the right-to-repair and "comcom" mandates rest on popular support, eh? To me that seems like the "800 lb gorilla": how do you get the average user to care about this stuff?

sbazerque 5y ago
The Internet became mainstream because folks could use modems and phone landlines (circuit switching technology, that the new TCP/IP end-to-end packet switching stack would eventually replace) to get online. The path for mass adoption of the new, p2p and interoperable technologies is the same: make them work on web browsers (using the browser as a full peer, not a client). It is the ubiquitous VM: JavaScript, WASM, IndexedDB, WebRTC+WebSockets, all the pieces are there. The building blocks for a representation / data model are all in the air as well: CRDTs, Merkle-ized structures, content-based addressing, etc. I'm a believer.
nonrandomstring 5y ago
> it feels like most folks just don't care, and most of the folks who do care wind up using the "bad stuff" anyway (mostly out of convenience, but also due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) They do care, but most of us lack the understanding and vocabulary to change. All these things can be overcome. FOMO, worship of convenience, lock-in, or fear of being different. Never give in to bullying by weak-minded naysayers and defeatists who shout "resistance is useless", or demean others by presuming to know "what they want" or saying that "ordinary people are too stupid..." etcetera. These are the vestiges of the 20th century hacker that we must shake-off as a culture. These are mild obstacles in the end. People can be educated. Please help spread the word about Digital Vegan [1] which is an attempt to make a case for "healthier technology". Spread the word about Humane Tech [2] and the harms inflicted by incumbent monopolies As an ordinary citizen. speak your mind and remain true to the values of what you think technology can be, not the pale imitation offered by so-called "Big Tech". I personally refuse to use any big-tech products and I use what influence I have to convince others to drop them too. Interop will not happen by legislation alone, it also requires awareness, dissent and self-determination. People must be reminded that it is their right to be masters of the technology necessary for modern life, not slaves to it. [1] https://digitalvegan.net https://digitalvegan.net [2] https://www.humanetech.com/ https://www.humanetech.com/

sbazerque 5y ago

The Internet became mainstream because folks could use modems and phone landlines (circuit switching technology, that the new TCP/IP end-to-end packet switching stack would eventually replace) to get online. The path for mass adoption of the new, p2p and interoperable technologies is the same: make them work on web browsers (using the browser as a full peer, not a client). It is the ubiquitous VM: JavaScript, WASM, IndexedDB, WebRTC+WebSockets, all the pieces are there. The building blocks for a representation / data model are all in the air as well: CRDTs, Merkle-ized structures, content-based addressing, etc. I'm a believer.

nonrandomstring 5y ago

> it feels like most folks just don't care, and most of the folks who do care wind up using the "bad stuff" anyway (mostly out of convenience, but also due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) They do care, but most of us lack the understanding and vocabulary to change. All these things can be overcome. FOMO, worship of convenience, lock-in, or fear of being different. Never give in to bullying by weak-minded naysayers and defeatists who shout "resistance is useless", or demean others by presuming to know "what they want" or saying that "ordinary people are too stupid..." etcetera. These are the vestiges of the 20th century hacker that we must shake-off as a culture. These are mild obstacles in the end. People can be educated. Please help spread the word about Digital Vegan [1] which is an attempt to make a case for "healthier technology". Spread the word about Humane Tech [2] and the harms inflicted by incumbent monopolies As an ordinary citizen. speak your mind and remain true to the values of what you think technology can be, not the pale imitation offered by so-called "Big Tech". I personally refuse to use any big-tech products and I use what influence I have to convince others to drop them too. Interop will not happen by legislation alone, it also requires awareness, dissent and self-determination. People must be reminded that it is their right to be masters of the technology necessary for modern life, not slaves to it. [1] https://digitalvegan.net https://digitalvegan.net [2] https://www.humanetech.com/ https://www.humanetech.com/