There is a lot of dismay related to the term "web 3" since it is related to blockchain tech and dare I say cryptocurrency. I was surprised to see he mentioned it. I'm a big fan of decentralization, but I also know there are a lot of people who are salty that they didn't get in on crypto at the beginning when it was offered to them on a platter in their native language of technology, and thus shun anything related to it. This includes the term "web 3".
So my data is stored in my Pod, and I can grant different platforms and services access to my data? So for example if I have a photo that I want to share on some sort of social platform, the resource is being pulled directly from my pod?
"Users can get a Pod from a handful of providers, hosted by web services such as Amazon (AMZN)"
I get that the next thing says "or self-host" but... reclaim our data from tech giants so we can give it back to tech giants?
Respectable man, but a little bit like the pope: everyone agrees with him, but no one doing like that.
Thanks, Tim. What took you 30 years?
@proto https://atproto.com/ from twitters BlueSky project is another SOLID type project.
GOOD: Its concept of separating personal data into a separate store/service/db which promotes autonomy and data portability. Its documentation. Its developer community. BAD: it doesn't support delegation (e.g. GNAP). It isn't multi-contextual. It costs money to host or requires IT skills to self-host, making this a solution only for elites. UGLY: Its aggregation of personal data of many users creates a honeypot. It's a partial solution--it lacks a governance/legal dimension that is required because data can't be owned (privacy isn't the opposite of sharing, privacy is about trust in how data is used after being shared from a personal data store, and there's no technology solution to that).