I agree with the fundamental hypothesis, but the proposed "democratic" web suffers from the same fundamental problem as the federated model: how is it paid for in sweat and treasure?
Most people want to use the internet, not run the internet. No one (outside of some die-hards who will no doubt explain below) wants to run their own infrastructure -- it takes too much effort to do correctly and otherwise distracts from the end goal -- actually using the internet.
The "democratic" web will need to be paid for, but everyone is used to getting internet for a flat fee from their ISP, so no one will pay for a VPS they have to manage (again, outside of some die-hards who will no doubt explain below) because why pay for the cow when the milk is free.
That's right: the reason centralization wins is because its "free" to the user, at the cost of privacy and advertising.
The only way to get the "democratic" web envisioned is to use the democratic version of the same behavior that the best centralized companies use: get a guaranteed revenue stream.
That's right, to get a democratic web you will need to raise a tax and have the government run (or otherwise subsidize) the infrastructure.
Most people want to use the internet, not run the internet. No one (outside of some die-hards who will no doubt explain below) wants to run their own infrastructure -- it takes too much effort to do correctly and otherwise distracts from the end goal -- actually using the internet.
The "democratic" web will need to be paid for, but everyone is used to getting internet for a flat fee from their ISP, so no one will pay for a VPS they have to manage (again, outside of some die-hards who will no doubt explain below) because why pay for the cow when the milk is free.
That's right: the reason centralization wins is because its "free" to the user, at the cost of privacy and advertising.
The only way to get the "democratic" web envisioned is to use the democratic version of the same behavior that the best centralized companies use: get a guaranteed revenue stream.
That's right, to get a democratic web you will need to raise a tax and have the government run (or otherwise subsidize) the infrastructure.