As much as I like the idea (and the people behind it), I have an hard time seeing how this can succeed.
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.
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.
Basically, I don't really see a company like FB play ball with these guys, for two reasons:
1) the privatization of data would be a existential threat to their business model
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.
But I also hope to be dead wrong!
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.
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.
Basically, I don't really see a company like FB play ball with these guys, for two reasons:
1) the privatization of data would be a existential threat to their business model
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.
But I also hope to be dead wrong!