I personally think "own/control your own data" being the punchline for most web3 products is at best extremely weak esp. when facing consumers. 

Consumers don't tend to optimize for "safety" when they are looking for fun. It's rarely ever the primary hook.

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Consumer value prop != protocol value prop

understanding that consumers use the app not the protocol, but one could say they are using both?

ooooh. @ace is right in the sense that data ownership is not a value prop for consumer and it's up to the devs to create unique value prop that consumer care?

Kinda like Ticketmaster’s real customer isn’t fans, it’s venues

Protocol serves the different “venues” aka apps/clients. Unruggable substrate to build on 

Tension occurs if/when app gets big. Will it migrate away from the common substrate? (ie akin to flight from city center to suburb; too rich for public g