Quote from: alexsandria on November 21, 2019, 06:50:03 AM

Of course, NO. Though internet is decentralized because the distribution must be one way or another,

The Internet is not decentralized.
Stop paying your cable subscription and you will see how centralized it is.
How many times have countries blocked access? How decentralized is the internet behind the great firewall of china?

Besides, there are a few points where if you cut some cable you can shut down the internet in a whole country.
In happened with some drunk sailors dropping their anchors in 2008 and 2011 or when a granny was searching for scrap copper.

As for the decentralization of a platform, it reminds me of the old e-donkey and Kazaa times.
Because anyone could share a file and name it how he wanted you had a 49/49 chance of downloading either porn or viruses when trying to get a movie. Oly in the rest 2% you would really get what you wanted.
Take a look at how much fake stuff it deleted every day on TPB and why most torrenting website don't allow free submission.

Now imagine youtube with no laws, no registration required, no control....no nothing.
We already have thousands of scams and fake videos, it will turn to millions in a day.
And who will provide the space for all the crap that is uploaded?
Neah, it won't work.

Now even talking about the ads and redistribution model, without somebody to moderate bots will earn 1000x more than genuine content creators and will push those to seek another platform.

Quote from: gentlemand on November 21, 2019, 11:33:52 AM

For buying pants online or watching kitten videos why on Earth would I give a fuck whether it's centralised or not?

How can you buy your pants without checking the blockchain to see if they are indeed the brand name, where they were manufactured and if they really use natural alpaca fibers? The age when you will need a smart contract to take a dump is here.