Nuh 🔻 on Nostr: Yes it was over complicated, at its core Urbit had a good idea though; it is too ...
Yes it was over complicated, at its core Urbit had a good idea though; it is too complex for people to run their own servers because securing Linux is hard, and it is not safe to install applications from untrusted sources, both of which forces centralisation.
So they wanted to make an operating system that is secure and user friendly... but they really over complicated things.
Peergos is much closer to what should have been done.
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