don't mind this post.
its just yt deleted my comment on a video and im just gonna copy paste it here.
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one is still decentralized, even if the entities are internally centralized, on a broader scale they are decentralized. all trying different methods and experimenting in parallel. parallel is the keyword here, so multiple experiments can run at the same time, with different interests and ideas. and if one fails, others doesn't fail at the same time.
and issue about computers deciding things is, the goals, who decides the temperature of the thermostat? is the average of everyone's desire good enough for you?
people have different wants and needs, they have different goals.
its basically being pets/cattles (feelings, happiness) vs being a sovereign individual/lineage.
one wants to take something small and wanna apply it globally is the main issue.
system is decentralized even it has entities internally centralized. and that's the point. it can split at any level any time.
as soon as you want it all centralized, you just become invasive. its about having alternatives making multiple decisions in parallel, vs having one thing making decisions.
one can be "yes" and "no" at the same time, other has to be "yes" or "no", you cant pick both, and everyone has to follow it. classic issue of democracy.
amazon, google, appstore etc. are just information interfaces, middle man.
in a long enough time nostr will replace each one of these and more.
because nostr doesnt have to worry about network effects, its all about providing an interface or service.
i can seamlessly change between nostr clients. and i dont have to leave anything behind.
which makes it in the long run win. because many clients in parallel can experiment and try to provide the best ux.
but they dont compete for the content or the network. they all feed the same network and the user base.
you can argue when people open yt, do they really want to spend the most time on it?
is the attention is a good metric, for what people actually want? they want things that gets their attention?
nostr also helps you here, because you can locally pick what metric do you want, or nothing at all, or pick a curator. its up to you.
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YT Video ID: mayoL3XbKwA
(i didn't post the full link, because i don't want clients to render embeds. im just logging my comment)