Incredibly eye opening history and downfall of Urbit:
So much to learn from here. I could totally see Nostr going down this path if the community is careless. Nostr devs would do well to read this. Relevant quote 👇
"Privacy, which ostensibly set Urbit apart from Big Tech platforms, was a staple of their marketing rhetoric—but according to employees, the network’s actual encryption was a work-in-progress. “Sovereignty” was more of an aesthetic signal than a description of my actual relationship to my data. Urbit came to feel uncomfortably similar to the subscription-based cloud services I had previously hoped it might replace."
Compact
The Rise and Fall of Urbit
During the 2020 Covid lockdowns, the privately owned realms of the internet became the obligatory venues for public life.
