(#r63zi7a) Hmmm… That’s a pretty sensitive topic here, so I don’t know if you want to read different ideas… And we could write a whole book, but for the sake of intellectual discussion, let’s throw some points here.

Disclaimer: I briefly worked for a small crypto company in 2021 on the controversial Pay-to-win model using Enjin, Ethereum, and such. I received payments on crypto and paid people in other countries, being cheaper and easier than national services. I don’t think I’m a crypto-bro, and I don’t want to work in that area anymore.

I don’t like to say “everything X is evil” or “everything Y is good”, based on beliefs, ideology, and tech-religion. But people need those. Even I need something to believe in. Decentralization is my current value.
I think that’s the radical point of Crypto vs Not-Crypto.
“You are with us, or against us.”

As a technology, blockchain is, IMO, an amazing tool for decentralization, excuse the comparison, similar to BitTorrent. Proof of Work is problematic and it’s showing that when many people use it, it’s an environmental disaster.

(#r63zi7a) I dislike many things about Web3 (not to be confused with Web 3.0). Decentralization is not one of the reasons, but the interests behind since they are not sustainable, in my opinion.

To know why I dislike it, I had to use it.
Briefly used https://3speak.tv since a few Latin ‘YouTubers’ I followed, said they were migrating to those platforms as they were earning more than the benefits from Ad impressions and Subscriptions, with less effort. They were receiving ‘likes’ more like a tips model. “I like your content, create more, take a dollar”.
All my content on YouTube is for free, so sincerely don’t know if that’s true, or if it was for a short period of time, but may be right.