Comment by rafale
4 years ago
Web3 emphasizes privacy be default. Emails are no longer needed for password management so if u need them for something else users should opt-in.
4 years ago
Web3 emphasizes privacy be default. Emails are no longer needed for password management so if u need them for something else users should opt-in.
Apple already provides something like that that’s WAY more popular and doesn’t require the waste of resources a public blockchain would.
I know some people (especially us techies) like to control the whole stack but who do you think the majority of normal users would prefer?
Bitcoin doesn't support web3. Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake, so the resources issue is gonna become a thing of the past. Also using web3 for authentication doesn't broadcast any transaction. So zero resources are used at that point.
Apple has a closed platform mindset, I hope users will see the benefits in a decentralized open protocol.
> I hope users will see the benefits in a decentralized open protocol.
See I think this here is the biggest issue. I feel like we have 30+ years of proof that normal users LIKE centralization for the convenience and ease it provides.
Email is basically the last man standing when it comes to distributed implementations and 1) it had reached mass adoption early enough to survive and 2) we’ve centralized it to a large degree anyway with Gmail and outlook.com
I have a hunch that many services they will probably want to collect the emails anyway. It provides websites a convenient excuse to ask people to join their marketing spam list. In most cases privacy isn't a profitable business proposition.