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How is this not another silo? A big one called "IPFS"



You're making a category error. IPFS (and friends—like Dat) are analogous to HTTP. Would you call HTTP a silo? No; services like Facebook and Google Drive are silo-y, but HTTP is not. The people working on the P2P web are just trying to make some design choices at the protocol level that facilitates its use in a more decentralized way than the services that HTTP has encouraged to flourish.


Content under HTTP can be thought of as siloed if the user doesn't have an HTTP client. Same effect no?


I don't think so. Everything would be a silo by that definition. A better way to think about it is that silo is something who's owner can cut you off. HTTP is a protocol where ownership does not apply.




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