The only way I can see this changing is if the distributed (or free or open-source) benefits of the system fail early and painfully when centralized (or paywalled or close-sourced). I can't think of any such systems off the top of my head.
Yeah, sometimes I worry this pattern is inevitable as well. At the very least, though, I'd like to see us paying attention to the issue this go-around with crypto/blockchain
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This happens because `distributed < distributed + centralized` nearly always.
For example, git is great, but git plus an (optional) issue tracker has more value, so that's what people use.
Coincidentally (or perhaps causally?), FOSS < FOSS + closed source.
The only way I can see this changing is if the distributed (or free or open-source) benefits of the system fail early and painfully when centralized (or paywalled or close-sourced). I can't think of any such systems off the top of my head.
Yeah, sometimes I worry this pattern is inevitable as well. At the very least, though, I'd like to see us paying attention to the issue this go-around with crypto/blockchain