• dan@upvote.au
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    The internet is already decentralized. People just choose to use centralized services, either because their friends use the same services (network effect), or it’s what they’re familiar with.

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        Or they never property learned to use computing devices. Those companies exploited the lack of knowledge from people and made them dependent on their services.

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          Basic problem solving isn’t part of computing for most people because it’s been engineered out

          if a 5 year old can use a phone it’s not because the 5 year old is smart it’s because the designer of the phone was.