Comment by MBCook

Dropbox was “just rsync“ but WAY easier to use for normal people. The iPod was JUST a normal MP3 player with a very easy interface everyone could understand.

Ease of use is EVERYTHING.

At no point does anything described about how web3 works or solves problems sound easier to use than the current system. Logging in with email and a password is easy. Using a Google to sign in is even easier. Apple’s sign in system is ridiculously simple and frictionless.

“Start by finding a chain you like and creating a wallet” is not easy. Do you have to buy coins on the chain? I’ve been seeing a lot of these web3 articles and I truly don’t know. Buying coins is another huge hassle.

“Oh but they’ll already have a wallet.” How? At some point they have to create them. Even if it was easier once they’ve created it (which I dispute), how is that supposed to happen?

If you have an iPhone, you have an Apple account, can do sign in with Apple trivially. If you have an android phone, you have a Google account, you can do sign in with Google trivially. Either way you have an email address, that’s quite easy.

How can you EVER make something simpler than those? I think best case scenario you would be able to match them.

But then you’re back to the problem of why I should switch to the new thing when the current thing works just as well.

I just have a very hard time seeing normal users ever buy into any of this.