Decentralized Cloud Could Help Web3 Break Monopoly of Big Tech
Big tech companies have dominated the cloud-services market for decades now. Tech giants such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure hold massive control, and it is a steep hill for other smaller players to compete fairly. But, as Web3 technologies begin to take hold, the decentralized cloud is emerging as a promising solution to this near-monopoly — one that could change the trajectory of the digital world. For years now, businesses, startups and other entities have depended on centralized cloud services to store data, run applications and deliver content. However, this overreliance is often expensive, both…