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Re:‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software develop... by Hamcha on Sunday May 22, 2022 @01:11PM (#31470414)
Yes because so far, they've experienced 100% of the issues (lack of moderation, wild exploitation with no way to get un-scammed, lack of consistency and clarity) and 0% of the benefits (you could tax something 100% its value and still be way below gas fees).

People don't care how little control they have over it, the shift from having retail games in your own home to owning them on platforms like Steam (and the resistance from buying from other sources) should tell you enough.

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Re:‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software develop... by web4 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:21PM (#31472927)
you are probably right, but I will not be so pessimistic as to resign to favouring Steam and Apple stores and take rates as a necessary evil and permanent facet of the web’s future. I am happy to see web3 at the very least attempting to challenge this, however weakly it is currently being done.
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