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> I really hope the current centralization of the web is an evolutionary step. In our Western economic system, the question boils down to: Can a company make
by nota_bene 11y ago
> I really hope the current centralization of the web is an evolutionary step.
In our Western economic system, the question boils down to:
Can a company make more money based on the concept of centralization or decentralization?
The answer seems obvious (to me).
- wolfgke 11y agoSkype was originally (before being bought by Microsoft) very decentralized (though the software was heavily obfuscated, so that "decentralized" did not mean "user has much control"). This saved the company the money to build an expensive infrastructure. So for me the answer is not obvious, whether there is more money to be made on the concept of centralization or decentralization. So I think the problem is rather in terms of "amount of user control" instead of centralization or decentralization.