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But our tech right now is far more advanced than 15 years ago. We have IPFS, Blockchain, dat protocol today. I think it's possible to kill the giants. Even, T

• diggan 6y ago
  Even? Tim Berners-Lee tried since day 0 to make the web decentralized. One of the initial requirements in the 1989 proposal for a global hypertext system included "Non-Centralisation" where "new system must allow existing systems to be linked together without requiring any central control or coordination". See https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html for the rest. While it went OK-ish for the internet, we massively screwed it up for the web.
  • thu2111 6y ago
    No we didn't. The web is very nicely decentralised, especially with the general malaise and decline of Facebook. What isn't decentralised is web apps but TBL never intended the web to be used for full blown desktop app replacements in the first place so no surprise it doesn't meet its design goals for that.