sommerfeld on Nostr: Yearly reminder that any decentralized open protocol can be taken over by powerful ...
Yearly reminder that any decentralized open protocol can be taken over by powerful agents who gain significant market share and later centralize it. Popular examples:
* WWW (chromium engine monopoly, "chromesites" incompatible with firefox)
* Email (only big established providers pass spam filters)
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2023-07-19 21:57:16 UTCEvent JSON
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