08-31-2018, 10:47 PM
(08-31-2018, 10:25 PM)Au165 Wrote: I tend to be pleasant, I simply don't do well with people selling snake oil as a cure all. I'm always up for discussing the merits however you have failed to show how it has any ability to scale or be an effective tool for the majority of internet users. As I said 113k visits a month isn't changing the world when Google does 3.5 billion a day. You can't gain market share through simply wishing it to reality. As much as you want to pretend that it's solving a large issue, the general public don't agree with you.
Honestly, in that industry, I'm pretty used to people who have your attitude. Its just very common, and I cant help to see it as a turn off. Anyway, like I said, this is brand new and in its infancy, so doing your little traffic lookups is really not that important to me. I know a lot of this technology and the exchange of ideas and information currently is done through onions anyway, so nothing you lookup is going to really paint a full picture on the scale of it from where you are sitting. But as long as it makes you feel good, that really actually is all that matters. The thing that is most impressive about it to me are the number of people and the scale of some of those businesses who are investing in this company. That doesnt happen on the scale it is for something that is not expected to be big. The stagnant internet we have is insecure and people are starting to become more aware and concerned with their privacy and the actual ownership of their data. This is actually becoming more and more of a mainstream issue all the time, especially with the president making it an even more popular issue, which is sort of what this thread is about. I guess my point is, I dont think Trump can do much, but more importantly I dont think he will have to. I didnt vote. I dont give a rats ass about Trump or Hillary. I would pay to watch them mud wrestle and thats about it for me. But.... Millions of people are already talking about the desire for a more safe and secure internet, and to move away from the big tech companies and the system we have now. Google is too powerful, and although people continue to use it, most people actually agree with that statement, and wish there actually was a better alternative. Well, there will be. Its just as much of a culture shift as a technology advance. This would be fun to revive this thread in 10 years. Google is not going to keep the power they have forever, and the internet is not going to keep working the way it is forever. I think the idea that they are is kind of absurd actually.
Watch the "surveillance state" become a very popular issue coming up here pretty soon. Its going to start being mainstrean. Just watch it and see, dont take my word for it. A culture shift is going to happen to move away from a lot of what has been happening.
