Actually the internet is decentralised. It's just that a lot of people either don't know or simply aren't willing to trade convenience for ideological purity.
Anybody can run a web server at home, get a domain name, write a Twitter clone, host it and publish whatever content they like. And when you exceed your traffic limits you can take that web server, drive to your local co-located provider and in almost all cases they will let you grow that site almost ad infinitum provided the content isn't illegal.
You don't need to ask permission. You don't need to compromise your ideology. You can just do it.
But people don't want freedom or decentralisation. What they want is the ability to say anything they like and for everyone to hear it.
So the "actshually" meme comes true. Instead of reddit-style legalisms, just try to be more human and understand their perspective for a change.
People do have the desire and right to ask for mainstream platforms to be decentralized. Is it feasible today? Technically: yes, realistically: no.
Why?
Because even MORE people are needed to effectively demand the right for mainstream platforms to be decentralized. You know that. Now be nice to them, please.
Anybody can run a web server at home, get a domain name, write a Twitter clone, host it and publish whatever content they like. And when you exceed your traffic limits you can take that web server, drive to your local co-located provider and in almost all cases they will let you grow that site almost ad infinitum provided the content isn't illegal.
You don't need to ask permission. You don't need to compromise your ideology. You can just do it.
But people don't want freedom or decentralisation. What they want is the ability to say anything they like and for everyone to hear it.