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[tjhorton]

I’m Timothy Horton, just an observer trying to understand the solution.

I am concerned by the complexity that is emerging in Solid, and wonder if there is a simpler solution, i.e. create a data coop (solve the data ownership problem with ownership, not technology):

Why solid? are there simpler alternatives

The intention seems clear, but why decentralize data? Is it the only/best solution to data control? What about simply creating a data coop (i.e. company) to own and control data, and sell memberships in it? i.e. solve data ownership with ownership rather than technology. A central data coop would eliminate a lot of technical inter-linkage between different applications and repositories, and make everything much simpler. Would it not? Such a data coop would be surrounded by a forest of appl…