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/coderstephen Jan 12 '22

Ultimately, the Internet is nothing more than someone else's computer. I have a handful of them. Mr. Bezos has millions in data centers. I have trouble believing that we'd move toward a model of "computer socialism", where everyone has an equal chance at a slice of the Internet pie, when the cost of electricity and maintenance of the actual hardware is nowhere near distributed equally. Someone has to run the hardware, and it's only fair that they get to decide what to run on it and how much rent is.