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Every major internet proactively _damages_ user experience to serve their own interests.
In a competitive economy, this is exceedingly unusual. But we'll discuss the why later. First, let's define the problem.
In a competitive economy, this is exceedingly unusual. But before we get to the why, let's define the problem.
## The Problem
Claim: All of the largest consumer internet company actively spend their time and resources engineering degradations in user-experience.
Claim: Every large consumer internet company actively spends their time and resources engineering degradations in user-experience.
Below are examples from Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Reddit, and YouTube.
Below are examples from Facebook, Apple, Reddit, and YouTube.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of user hostility, but instead to provide an unambiguous example for each.
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They actively disabled on mobile to force more downloads of the app.
![Hostile Facebook Messenger](https://spee.ch/@hostiletech/facebookmessenger2.jpg)
![Hostile Facebook Messenger](https://spee.ch/@hostiletech/facebookmessanger2.jpg)
### Apple
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It current takes five clicks to view a GIF hosted on a non-Reddit site on mobile. It used to take one.
![Hostile Reddit Mobile](https://spee.ch/@hostiletech/redditmobile.gif)
<video src="https://spee.ch/@hostiletech/redditmobile.gif" />
Not because there is anything wrong with the web experience, of course. But forcing people onto mobile means Reddit can collect a lot more information about you.
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My browser cannot treat me like crap, because HTTP is an open standard. Anyone else can make a browser, like anyone else can make a restaurant.
The same is true for my email client or my BitTorrent client.
The same is true for my email client or my torrent client.
The solution to this problem is to build protocols, not platforms.
When we build protocols, people can leave. When we build protocols, it's the users, not the middlemen, who retain control.
The innovation of blockchain is the most powerful development in over a decade in making this possible. We'll talk about this more in [Part 2](https://lbry.io/news/protocols-not-platforms-pt2).
The innovation of blockchain is the most powerful development in over a decade in making this possible. We'll talk about this more in [Part 2](https://lbry.io/news/blockchain-is-love-blockchain-is-life).

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date: '2019-01-01 00:00:00'
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Blockchain technology currently has a hype to substance ratio rapidly approaching infinity. And as a team of people who are skeptical of 90+% of proposed blockchain applications, we're hesitant to contribute to that (_ed._: wait until you see what I changed the title to).
Blockchain technology currently has a hype to substance ratio rapidly approaching infinity. And as a team of people who are skeptical of 90+% of proposed blockchain applications, we're hesitant to contribute to that (_ed.: wait until you see what I changed the title to_).
But there's one area where we think extremely plausible blockchain will improve the world: the development of open standards and protocols, and consquently more user-friendly technology.
But there's one area where we think it is extremely plausible blockchain will improve the world: the development of open standards and protocols, and consequently more user-friendly technology.
## The Status Quo