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by amagumori
1922 days ago
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this is why i think Gemini is the most interesting thing happening in the web space today. the browser itself can't overcome the fundamental bloat and decay of the web as we know it today; the heavier and heavier js load, the ridiculous ad load that necessitates entire extensions just to escape from it; etc, etc. Gemini is a project that actually attacks the root of the problem by presenting an extremely stripped-down hypertext format and giving an alternative at the protocol level. i highly recommend checking out Gemini https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.gmi and the Lagrange Browser https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange if you find this interesting. at least for my circle, there's a consensus that the web has calcified and become such a walled garden that we've reached a time where it makes sense to "start over" at a pretty base level; rather than trying to build on top of a platform that, by its nature, inevitably tends towards centralization and capitalization. |
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There's nothing "fundamental" about web bloat.
Here's a simple litmus test for Gemini: take a look at a few of the personal websites for people who've spoken highly of Gemini. How many of them have exercised restraint and eschewed with all the sorts of things that Gemini disallows? How many of them have embraced features of the Web that are not permitted in Gemini?
> rather than trying to build on top of a platform that, by its nature, inevitably tends towards centralization and capitalization
If we take it for granted that it's true of the Web (and that's being generous), why is Gemini going to fare better?
These all seem like a bunch of vague and empty talking points for a piece of tech who's main catalyst for coming into interest and capturing attention comes down to NIH, and not actually any fundamental correctness about its nature.