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0 pointsjamaicahest5y ago0 comments

> The only network services this won't become true of at some point in the future are those with decentralized clients and servers obeying a common documented protocol.

You mean like SMS?

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lrvick5y ago

I didn't say all decentralized services are good. Just that decentralization is a prerequisite for something to avoid complete control by a single party long term.

A better example would be HTTP/HTML/JS. Sure it is not perfect and protocol updates are hard and slow due to endless implementations but we got a working decentralized internet out of the deal that is very hard for any single party to take over now, so I call that worth it over a single party enforcing proprietary protocols like AOL having a total monopoly.

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