Comment by inigyou

Feels like a solution in search of a problem - just like all the others. Also feels like only half a solution - just like anything else developers invent. Do you remember what Joel Spolsky said about P2P architectures and Napster? It doesn't matter whether your system is P2P or not, it matters whether or not the user can type in the name of a song and then listen to it. That's how YouTube is the new Napster. Because you can just type in a song and listen to it, and for the sake of determining popularity, it's completely irrelevant whether this is done by stealing the music or by legally licensing it. However, the ads that pay for that licensing are relevant.

ATProto is attempting the "if we make it P2P it'll be popular!" strategy except not with P2P.