No, what I am arguing is that the CF design of "glorified reverse proxy" is basically a very good product with strong market demand that faces close to zero competition.
Compare this to AWS. AWS also "runs" shitloads of the web today; but still, the "centralization" problem is less mentioned in the context of AWS because there is fierce competition (Google, and also OpenStack and all the OpenStack clouds from major vendors).
Reverse proxies are "centralized gatekeepers" but no more than a hosting provider is, and we accept those as normal (right?).
What if there were 5-6 big players in the "reverse proxy" market, plus a hundred of smaller offerings? Wouldn't that basically solve all the issues of those worried about the "open web"?
Compare this to AWS. AWS also "runs" shitloads of the web today; but still, the "centralization" problem is less mentioned in the context of AWS because there is fierce competition (Google, and also OpenStack and all the OpenStack clouds from major vendors).
Reverse proxies are "centralized gatekeepers" but no more than a hosting provider is, and we accept those as normal (right?).
What if there were 5-6 big players in the "reverse proxy" market, plus a hundred of smaller offerings? Wouldn't that basically solve all the issues of those worried about the "open web"?