Things that suck about computing

Having to create a login for every site
Having to backup your data (it should be automatic)
Moving files is tedious
Organizing emails is tedious
Finding messages and other local content leaves a lot to be desired
Messaging should be unified as the user prefers

Things that suck about communication

Boolean links on social media: Seeing which projects/circles you both share is much more meaningful
Email is a scavenger hunt
Identity is either weak, or restricted to a given platform. This means that trust built up in one area, cannot transfer to other systems.

The Internet/Web

Broken Links
- Expired domains
- Shuttered sites
- Moved links without redirects
DNS
- Surveillance of your traffic
- Paying for Naming
- Zooko’s Triangle

So why build a new communication protocol?

Huh data compartmentalization is key to enabling simple management of user rights and permissions as well as effective back up and archiving of data with minimal confusion.

Data permanence is poorly addressed by existing communication protocols and systems., If anything, most systems, especially those that are billed as highly secure, tend toward data loss via self deleting messages and a lack of proper backup options.

Mitigation of existing and prominent attack vectors via a better system topology.

Mitigation of owner ship transferattacks and similar naming shenanigans the a pet names.

Improved trust and data retention via a lack of financial ization and reduced points of failure via external infrastructure such as cloud.

Some where users don’t have full control over their contents will inevitably become prone to abuse but the corporation reading it, governments under which it runs, or other party such as advertisers and scammers.

OpenAI’s bot crushed this seven-person company’s web site ‘like a DDoS attack’

One of the biggest advantages of digital systems is the ability to separate data from media. Contemporary computing ties data to specific computers/nodes/identities unnecessarily tightly.