Re:Why Decentralised Applications Don’t Work
by jokethrowaway on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:03PM
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Calling decentralised software centralised because companies built good defaults on top is a fallacy. Email, the web and torrents are definitely success story.
I don't like cryptocurrencies (those who are unbacked and resource hungry, I like the tech behind) but bringing payments in the software world and out of financial gatekeepers could exactly the missing piece of the puzzle to have even more working decentralised apps.
Recognising this doesn't help with criticising capitalism, I guess.
Re:Why Decentralised Applications Don’t Work
by casmclas on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:47PM
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It isn't a fallacy, and in any case the article isn't claiming that decentralised software has become centralised because companies have built good defaults on top, so that's a complete strawman.
I don't like cryptocurrencies (those who are unbacked and resource hungry, I like the tech behind) but bringing payments in the software world and out of financial gatekeepers could exactly the missing piece of the puzzle to have even more working decentralised apps.
Recognising this doesn't help with criticising capitalism, I guess.