I honestly thought this was going to be a joke post because that top image is ridiculous. Maybe I'm just old, but it reads to me as
Web 1.0: Great
Web 2.0: Ugh, ok
Web 3.0: You're serious with this?
Web 1.0: Great
Web 2.0: Ugh, ok
Web 3.0: You're serious with this?
To then attach all kinds of good qualities to it that are not shown, nor proven, and often demonstrable incorrect just finishes it off.
As you say, a lot of the bigger ideas claimed to be part of this "new" web3 thing aren't new, and are interesting ideas that should be further explored, it would be much better without the ponzi sauce.
(Just like IPv5 never got anywhere ??)
We might as well also try the HTML approach, attach some letters (DWeb, XWeb) then once we all regain our sanity continue with web 4.0
.... or it ends up that everyone just logs in using an ethereum wallet and you're back to centralisation.
That "Web 3.0 login" portion of the slide only makes that problem worse. Decentralization and a variety of choices absolutely fall apart when they meet non-tech users who have no idea what icon means what.
I already have this problem with Matrix/Element all the time. Not only do I forget my username and/or password on networks I've been logged into for months, I also forget homeserver addresses and all these other settings I had to set up at some point. Every time I get logged out of something, it takes a day or two to figure out how to get back in.
Do you know what site that was? I don’t. I can’t remember. I think the password may be in my password manager, but I’m not sure. I’d have to go digging.
But I am SURE I’ll remember which of the 1200 common block chains I use for my credentials.
The solution is that there should only be one or two chains that everyone uses. Then there’s only one or two little icons you need.
The people who run the trains could make sure they keep running by having tens of thousands of computers. Of course that cost money. Luckily they get money out of the block chain because they can spend coins.
Of course users don’t really like buying things. Maybe it wouldn’t be too hard to put an ad or two in there to pay for things.
The easiest thing to get users on board is to use brands they trust. No normal person is going to trust everything they have two the Kakarot blockchain with an anime superhero for a logo.
Do you know who people trust? Facebook and Google. If they were to…
Oops. I invented today. Only with much more energy use.