3 ms·
The core problem is centralization of control. If everyone uses their own desktop computer, then everyone is responsible for their own behavior. If everyone us
by _ea1k 3y ago
The core problem is centralization of control. If everyone uses their own desktop computer, then everyone is responsible for their own behavior.
If everyone uses Hosting Service F, then at some point people will blur the lines and expect "Hosting Service F" to remove vulgar or offensive content. The lines themselves will be a zeitgeist of sorts with inevitable decisions that are acceptable to some but not all.
Can you even blame them? There are lots of ways for this to go wrong and noone wants to be on the wrong side of a PR blast.
So heavy guardrails are effectively inevitable.