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I am astonished at the adolescent boy level of gee whiz rationalization, here. The damning aspects of Web3 are barely being mentioned because of the emotive appeal to scary corporations controlling you.

Web3 does not solve the problem of being bullied or controlled. It makes it worse. You can dislike Facebook, but it is a legal entity that the state can hold accountable. Who is held accountable in Web3? What recourse does anyone have if things are published about them that harm them in Web3? Russia created a well-funded agency to troll the web and manipulate public opinion. It seems to me they will love Web3.

Entities that will vie to control Web3 will be rich, powerful, and better protected from legal moves against them.

We already have a decentralized web. It called the Web. Anyone can connect a server to it.



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