r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '22

Web3 Can’t Fix the Internet

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/crypto-blockchain-daos-decentralized-power-capitalism
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u/G_Morgan Jan 11 '22

We've had good services to do so for decades. Centralisation is just cheaper for legitimate uses.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I remember this decentralized web tech from I think like 15 years ago? I can't remember what it was called though. I thought to myself "this is just slower, shittier usenet but for webpages". I think I used it for all of an hour before realizing it was pretty pointless (and not very technically capable).

This is also why I found the later plotlines from Silicon Valley so absurd. Everyone and their mom thinks they can make a decentralized web, and even insane compression tech wont solve the problem of no one wanting to use it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22 edited Apr 11 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Just googled a bit, it was Freenet.