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Re:Why Decentralised Applications Don’t Work by granshaw on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:59PM (#27260124)
IMO what you’re describing is usually not considered “decentralized”, but rather “open protocols” or “open standards”
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Re:Why Decentralised Applications Don’t Work by monocasa on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:03PM (#27260147)
I don't think so as there exist centralized, open protocols.

Email is (at the server level) a peer to peer network, only tied to DNS/BGP as the only central points, with a global namespace. That can't be said for a lot of open standards.

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Re:Why Decentralised Applications Don’t Work by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:17PM (#27260524)
It's more than open standards. XMPP is open but doesn't mean google will federate with you.
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