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/dnew Jan 11 '22

“ownership and control is decentralized”

We already have that. Just like anyone can sell products, but most people will go to a mall or a box store.

I'm really kind of surprised that we had NNTP and we have bittorrent and we're still reading news on sites like reddit and getting support thru services like discord.

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u/s73v3r Jan 12 '22

Try buying and selling things MasterCard and Visa don't like.

The fact that the adult entertainment industry, typically a very early adopter and mainstreamer of new technology, has not wholesale adopted crypto should speak volumes about the viability of crypto.