[solarkraft]

Some people hate what has become of the current thing so much that they want to throw all of it away. This is that.

The goal would be entirely achievable using your suggestion, but then you can't make something "simple" and "elegant".

Of course don't take my cynicism to mean that people shouldn't invent new things - they totally should, that's how we move forward. Mess around all you like. I just don't see it catching on. But I think that's not really the goal anyway.

[krapp]

Gemini makes sense when you realize it's the protocol equivalent of running off to join an anarcho-primitivist commune or ascetic monastery, a technical solution to an emotional problem (disgust with the web and modern capitalist society.)

It being too basic and rigid to the point of hostility towards anything but pure text is the entire point.

[teruakohatu]

> anarcho-primitivist commune or ascetic monastery

Even monks liked some illustrations (illumination) in their manuscripts. Gemini is closer to babylonian clay tablets delivered over TCP.