Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution
by dreamfactory2 on Monday October 13, 2014 @08:41PM
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What about utility? Do people or businesses have an increasingly apparent incentive to own their data and online identity?
This isn't as simple as saying Google, Facebook etc. have a vested interest in promoting a centralized view, but that it's basically impossible to make money competing against them with a decentralized system.
There's a definite trend towards late 90s techno-utopianism appearing again.