Of course.
But do you controll the code in the web browser apps on your phone?
No.
App Store can require browsers in use on their devices to block access to a rolling updated list of sites and addresses which serve this protocol. Or not be permitted on their App Store and on peopleâs devices.
Yes, there most certainly is work arounds. Itâs the web.
One of the KEY features which makes sites like YouTube and x/twitter whatever so popular is their ease of use on peopleâs devices and their pockets.
I can 100% pop open a terminal client on my laptop, load up irssi and connect through a proxy into an irc server. Fully encrypted, and from behind restrictive firewalls. (Iâve done it to bypass draconian university sensors). Yet, itâs pretty pointless when thereâs nobody on the other end to talk to.
One needs to educate every single friend how to utilize the service and what steps they need to access it.
People just simply donât have the brain space to jump through hoops to get connected to you. So they gravitate towards ease of use and familiarity. Twitter Facebook messenger instagram, services theyâve been using for years.
Itâs quick, itâs easy and itâs comfortable. They donât have the same interests in finding new censorship resistant mechanisms to utilize for social media, because frankly theyâre comfortable in their bubble already, and donât want to go where their friends are not. To communicate with, no-one.
Yes this tech exists and itâs frankly awesome, but itâs also essentially irrelevant until it reaches a critical mass of people to become understood by the vast majority and therefore widely useful.
I like the protocol, but right now, while itâs still hugely still being developed, is the time to point out flaws as we see them, so we can fix em before they become problematic.
