In-reply-to » Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us To 'Ignore' Web3, It's 'Not the Web at All' Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989, said Friday that he doesn't view blockchain as a viable solution for building the next iteration of the internet. From a report: He has his own web decentralization project called Solid. "It's important to clarify in order to discuss the impacts ... ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net So the problem with Solid is that the concept is to control your data, and merely allow apps to access that data. Aka, a significant downgrade from any selfhosting, because your apps can still disappear at any time.

The only reason this would make sense is if you really really were focused on enabling proprietary services while still giving lip service to owning your data.

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