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Sad. Fediverse and decentralization, REAL decentralization not the crypto bull that Jack is pushing, is the only way imo. I found mastodon confusing at first, but that was like 5 years ago when I first got on. They need to explain it as email. Pick an email server, you can see everyone. I know I'll be on Fediverse, just hope it grows big enough that it kind of forces companies to look at it and maybe even force Bluesky to become compatible with ActivityPub.
I actually think that even a federated model is too centralised, because it still has servers as weak points. Imho a model where users host part of their and others' content on the devices they use for viewing would be best. Something along the lines of Gun.js
Problem: most people post using their phones, and actually hosting the content on their phones would murder battery life.
Edit: Also overrun data caps and anger cell phone companies.
The battery life thing is actually a really good point, didn't think about that. Another step towards decentralisation would be using P2P mesh networking between individual phones instead of 4G for data, and I guess that might avoid centralised cell companies all together...
That has a seemingly intractable chicken-and-egg problem. It only works if everyone is using it, and everyone won't start using it until it starts working.
Yeah that's true. Pipe dream I guess