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Internet-Draft about avoiding internet centralization
It might be interesting to pose some questions that should be asked about proposals for centralized _or_ decentralised technologies, in the spirit of ['What's the Problem Represented to be?'](https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/33181/560097.pdf?sequence=1#page=34). Some...
Jari says: > [O]ne thing that is not discussed but perhaps should be is the role of discovery. We seem to have an increasing number of solutions that are built...
> A further regulatory problem with natural monopolies is to identify their boundaries. One of the key arguments in favour of the vertical separation of infrastructure industries, for example, has...
As you may have noticed, I've been going at it with EKR just a bit on **interoperability** versus **interconnectivity** over his discussion about Europe's Digital Markets Act. First, I **highly**...
I'm having a bit of trouble with the names for "inherited" and "platform" centralization. I think these are useful points, but the names don't seem to be the most intuitive...
I’m not sure I follow or agree to section 5.4: > However, introducing a new party to communication adds concentration > and platform centralization risk to Internet protocols, because it...
Section 2.1 says there are three ways (fundamental nature of the internet, lack of checks and balances, and “deleterious effects”), but that last one is a list of 5 sub...
The introduction says this: > The Internet can accommodate a spectrum of requirements and is now positioned as a global public good because joining, deploying an application on, or using...
Section 4.1 uses the term "we" several times, presumably referring to the IETF or standards community. The introduction also says "while the IETF may not be able to prevent centralization,...
- Provide a section on local decision making as a decentralization technique. This includes a delineation between decentralization and distribution (See #66). - Add HTTP as an example of extensibility...
