Am I the only one who worried about that? That we could end up without a protocol because everyone uses one SuperApp for everything?
Like Nostr becomes WeChat or something.
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I'm not worried. The protocol is simple enough. If I'm displeased with centralization, I'll make my own app or fork one of the hundred apps I used to like and start there.
A SuperApp could just constantly alter the protocol, so that you can't interact.
We already have that, to some extent, with the larger apps driving the protocol with their implementations.
Perhaps the natural state of communication is a monopoly and we can only prevent the collapse to that by actively fighting it. 🤔
i kind of see a FB, Twitter, and TikTok split.. I believe there will be a few "super apps", but then a top of niche apps for people who like intimate experiences. I highly doubt that its going to be one thing. There may be one landing page for everything, or deck, but for creators of apps, we haven't even touched the surface of the potential. I guess the main objection of this nostr project is you own your own data, your own keys. Maybe it won't be exactly how we envisioned at the moment, but it will create a whole new experience, and from that, there will be some winners. But the concept we are trying to push forward is going to lay the foundation. How it will turn, depends on who shows up for real.
This is the same argument used by systemd haters. Fact is, systemd is a great piece of software and a pillar of the FOSS ecosystem.
Damus as the new operating system for all Internet communications? Like a new Internet layer?
Hope we not become WeChat with a superapp
Well, one large app could just copy or fork every new innovation forever. Nobody new could ever compete; only get absorbed into the borg.
I'm not worried for a few reasons. First, it's too young and there is no "front runner" for the title of SuperApp. Maybe two apps do most things well, but not everything and some apps are *best* at something.
The only concern i have is developers creating siloed/non-interoperable apps
Time and uncertainty only mean it is unclear which app ends up the SuperApp. They are not arguments against extrapolating out the trend.