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I think of "users don't care about decentralization" as being similar to "consumers don't care about what's in their food"

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but.... evidently they don't? like, you eat meat, right? that's a proven way to increase cancer chances and you still eat meat because you don't care?

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i suppose on the face of it both are similarly first world problems

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I really want to understand your point If users care about decentralization why Tron become the #1 chain in payments? I have no answer for it

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15 years ago, users didn't care about privacy. Now it's the main Apple selling point. I predict the same will happen with decentralization.

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Interesting. I think that: 1. Decentralization and its benefits are too abstract for many 2. Its lower on the priority of what users care about esp compared to easy of use and cost for example (due to point 1 imo) — similar to how consumers choose food, not many people actually care about whats in chips & cola

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Most kinds of virtue are like this: Invisible except when revealed to be absent via a flaw. You never know a bridge is safe for sure, you only know when it *wasn't* safe. This is also a moloch problem: Projects that compromise will be able to ship shiny things that attract users.

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I liken decentralization, privacy, encryption to all be like the same logic given to "a good guy with a gun" – you may not care about them being there, but you will when it's necessary.

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both are on a spectrum, and largely informed by the persons' media consumption habits

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that's a good analogy because it's both true and false

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I concur! Users just need the guarantee that their experiences will always be honest and sound, the same way a consumer trusts that their food will be well-made and delicious. Abstractions are great for delivering this but ultimately it comes down to the final output being what they find useful.

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I see it as one of those things that people know are good in principle but ignore in practice. Like people "care" about cybersecurity but will use the same password on everything and never change it. People "care" about privacy, but give it away to Facebook and TikTok for convenience or entertainment.

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Like most things in life, it depends. Who is this “user”? Are you talking about a protocol developer? Then yes they do care. Are you talking about granny? Maybe not so much. We need to design our solutions to the right audience there’s no blanket statement shortcut. Same with privacy.

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i dont really care about whats in my food tbf

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brian is live on unlonely

yes but being able to “wait” until users start caring is a luxury most products can’t afford

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