[HN Gopher] Centralized or Decentralized There Is No Question
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       Centralized or Decentralized There Is No Question
        
       Author : billybuckwheat
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2024-01-12 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | zubairq wrote:
       | I thought this explained well why decentralised systems are
       | useful for people
        
       | kiitos wrote:
       | > keep it in your domain. If you keep all your services within
       | your own domain you retain control over the asset.
       | 
       | Domains are governed by registrars which are clearly
       | "centralized" according to the definitions of the linked article.
        
       | Joel_Mckay wrote:
       | I don't think Decentralized has a business model with a profit
       | mode.
       | 
       | Bots are now a fire-hose of LLM nonsense content, and thus the
       | unregulated service failing in a Tragedy of the commons mode
       | becomes a certitude (
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons ).
       | 
       | Good luck though, it would be neat if it did work for some reason
       | =)
        
       | sprash wrote:
       | Matrix and Mastodon are federated but not decentralized. I don't
       | understand why the are getting advertised all the time.
       | Alternatives like Zeronet are truly decentralized and barely get
       | any mention.
        
         | Arathorn wrote:
         | In Matrix conversations are decentralised by being replicated
         | across the participating servers. It's not just federated.
         | 
         | Matrix isn't p2p by default though - although there is a
         | project to address that: https://arewep2pyet.com
        
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