What happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on? (programming.dev)

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Is retroshare the new iteration of this?

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[-] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Retroshare seems like a p2p Facebook rather than a file-sharing network

It suffers from the (need to be a nerd) barrier. Getting people off Facebook requires the minimum amount of friction possible.

If we're talking friends or family then build and host a mastodon or matrix server. Call it "Tommy's Bistro" friends/family only. Even with all of this effort you're competing against a facebook setting to keep a post restricted to friends/family only.

[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

The p2p aspect is what interests me, though.

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