>IPFS may be a way of sticking it to the man. But the invisible hand of the free market forces also help here; when one big corporation starts playing foul and upsets the users, new companies and startups quickly move in to disrupt the space and fill in the void.
No, once someone like Facebook gets a monopoly, it becomes impossible for a startup to get anywhere. It is hard for me to believe the author doesn't know this.
He also doesn't address the problem of web companies going out of business, like Geocities, so you lose all your data forever. Likewise the if-you're-not-the-customer-you-are-the-product problem that is behind so many ills today. As far as defeating governmental censorship goes, IPFS is being combined with Tor.
In general, he seems to be looking at things from the perspective of someone who works for a company based on the present centralization model, rather than the perspective of those who are suffering under it and could solve a lot of problems with IPFS.
No, once someone like Facebook gets a monopoly, it becomes impossible for a startup to get anywhere. It is hard for me to believe the author doesn't know this.
He also doesn't address the problem of web companies going out of business, like Geocities, so you lose all your data forever. Likewise the if-you're-not-the-customer-you-are-the-product problem that is behind so many ills today. As far as defeating governmental censorship goes, IPFS is being combined with Tor.
In general, he seems to be looking at things from the perspective of someone who works for a company based on the present centralization model, rather than the perspective of those who are suffering under it and could solve a lot of problems with IPFS.