Peer To Peer
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
Big Technology
3 statements about Peer To Peer, every show
Söderström: Generative AI music is currently in an early P2P-like phase
“Before Spotify, the technology sort of preceded the business model. It was great for consumers. They could now get all of this music for free, but it didn't work for, Creators. And I think we're in the same period of time now where the technology has preceded …”
Caldwell: Usability always trumped the elegance of peer-to-peer architectures
“And so sort of my takeaway during that era was that usability always trumped the elegance of peer to peer models.”
Benet: Web deployment is easy only because of decades of centralized engineering
“And I would argue that it's easy to roll out a website today because you're, We're working on top of decades of centralized engineering, whereas we haven't had the same level, deep level of engineering on the peer-to-peer side.”