Re:A look at the Gemini protocol: a brutally simple alternat...
by probably_wrong on Saturday July 04, 2020 @07:13AM
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Because it's not about the individual, but rather it's about the ecosystem.
From an individual point of view, there's not much of a difference. If I wanted to migrate my blog to Gemini, it would take very little and it would lose almost nothing. But the second you click a link to another domain you are back in the bloated web.
Once you open a Gemini page, however, you know exactly which experience you are getting. No bloated websites are allowed, so you won't see those at all,ever.
From an individual point of view, there's not much of a difference. If I wanted to migrate my blog to Gemini, it would take very little and it would lose almost nothing. But the second you click a link to another domain you are back in the bloated web.
Once you open a Gemini page, however, you know exactly which experience you are getting. No bloated websites are allowed, so you won't see those at all,ever.