An interesting insight which was spared by reading Chris Dixon on why decentralization matters:
Centralization is bad for humanity.
A life with no choices is communist and bad. Communism means “all is one, and all is communalâ€. If Facebook becomes the only portal to your friends on the internet, isn’t this bad?
AOL was just lame
AOL was awesome as a kid, getting access to the internet. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was fun when I was a kid. But it eventually died off. I’m quite bullish that Facebook and Co will never become the only portal to the internet, but I just think Facebook is becoming a new digital caste system:
Poor and low class people use Facebook and Instagram, the true rich and privileged prize their privacy and will use things like Telegram or Signal instead.
And the truly uber-rich actually have the privilege of NOT needing to own a phone. The new ultimate reverse-flex:
- NOT own a car
- NOT own a home and mortgage
- NOT own a phone