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Totally agree. People didn't start using web2 because people called it web2, they used it because it was better and provided a better end user experience. I wo

Totally agree. People didn't start using web2 because people called it web2, they used it because it was better and provided a better end user experience. I wonder how much pushing web3 just confuses the average user versus just better communicating the actual benefits for these features being added to the web by web3. Only developers care about version numbers

eimrine 3y ago
> People didn't start using web2 because people called it web2, they used it because it was better I would like to clarify that the meaning of "it" and "web2" from your comment is just a clever use of XMLHttpRequest aka AJAX. It changed web so much that AJAXfull websites are called web2 and AJAXless websites are called web1. I do not see any big impact to the web from those websites/apps/protocols which use blockchain or any cryptocurrency-inspired stuff. The real third version of web (from my opinion) is when websites use to show you endless number of notifications which can be divided in two groups: 1/2: go install our app of get off from our website (with significant change in browser software consequently - no tabs, no ability to set font size, no browser extensions and no visible browser at all). If you are not from smartphone, at least go install our notifications which make your browser running after closing it because of our webapp's spam. 2/2: notice that government use to guard your safety. GDPR, app store's and play market's policies, KYC/AML, limited and surveillanced use of bank cards as the only legal way of transaction of funds. As a result, Web3 is not something about crypto-fairytale-future, it is about spying. It is about non-free software everywhere, forced upgrades of everyting, all your data can be erased by big corps, IoT where S stands for security and a phone number verification everywhere.

eimrine 3y ago

> People didn't start using web2 because people called it web2, they used it because it was better I would like to clarify that the meaning of "it" and "web2" from your comment is just a clever use of XMLHttpRequest aka AJAX. It changed web so much that AJAXfull websites are called web2 and AJAXless websites are called web1. I do not see any big impact to the web from those websites/apps/protocols which use blockchain or any cryptocurrency-inspired stuff. The real third version of web (from my opinion) is when websites use to show you endless number of notifications which can be divided in two groups: 1/2: go install our app of get off from our website (with significant change in browser software consequently - no tabs, no ability to set font size, no browser extensions and no visible browser at all). If you are not from smartphone, at least go install our notifications which make your browser running after closing it because of our webapp's spam. 2/2: notice that government use to guard your safety. GDPR, app store's and play market's policies, KYC/AML, limited and surveillanced use of bank cards as the only legal way of transaction of funds. As a result, Web3 is not something about crypto-fairytale-future, it is about spying. It is about non-free software everywhere, forced upgrades of everyting, all your data can be erased by big corps, IoT where S stands for security and a phone number verification everywhere.