Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me
As much as I like the idea (and the people behind it), I have an hard time seeing how this can succeed.<p>The idea of pod reminds me of the self-hosting movement: people -including myself - host a bunch of services to avoid sharing fundamental data, like email, GPS-history or contacts.<p>Still, "self-hosters" interact with all the big personal data hoarder out there (FB, Google, the many ad and tracking companies) which expose them to the same abuses as any other internet user.<p>Basically, I don't really see a company like FB play ball with these guys, for two reasons:<p>1) the privatization of data would be a existential threat to their business model<p>2) the majority of internet users are oblivious to the data collection tactics employed by half the internet and I can't picture folks raising pitchforks for "pods" to become a standard.<p>But I also hope to be dead wrong!