The Vision for Decentralized Web
the problem with decentralization is that, for an average Joe, it&#x27;s just a bunch of loonies wearing tin foil hats who have something to hide, and besides, what has Facebook done to me (average Joe) personally? People, ultimately, don&#x27;t care about privacy that much, not until they see obvious consequences of corps having their data that affect them greatly in their lives. Privacy against employers&#x2F;old school friends&#x2F;fiancees is something they care about, that&#x27;s why Snapchat, Instagram Stories and private groups are replacing the public newsfeed. Decentralization must offer some <i>clear</i> advantages over fb, that an average person might appreciate. Those advantages must offset the UX problems, of which there are plenty, most of them pretty hard to fix. In my opinion, the worst one is the ubiquitous use of smartphones over PCs, as any decentralized stuff on smartphones is a nightmare, mostly due to systems relying on servers for stuff like push and background app refresh. This is particularly important on iOs. Also true decentralization, NOT federation, with checks and balances, possibly with nodes that only connect to other nodes that have signed a sort of license &#x2F; legal agreement, is the only way to ensure it won&#x27;t turn into mail, AKA one big Gmail that doesn&#x27;t care, and the rest which doesn&#x27;t matter.