The Techrights capsule in June 2021 (screenshot taken moments ago)
THE Internet has been around for many years (decades) and it's not going away any time soon. The Web? That's another question. It's a very important question.
"Gemini is here to stay. It definitely caught on, even if it's just a niche for now."The Web is ubiquitous -- it is very widely used. But we ought not assume that will always be the case. It's already associated with far too much complexity and overt surveillance. There are many other issues the Web became notorious for, but that's not the subject of this post.
Over the next few days (if not weeks) Techrights will expand even further in Gemini space, seeing that the gemini://
protocol has many users now (we're seeing thousands in our capsule). With 173,856 page requests so far this month (it rapidly grows as the months go by) it is rather clear that more people shun the World Wide Web and get their information another way.
Gemini is here to stay. It definitely caught on, even if it's just a niche for now. And sure, the Web is still vastly bigger, albeit stagnating somewhat (it has competition other than Gemini).
Earlier this month we patched the Gemini server for security reasons and we also rolled out a new certificate. Self-signed, of course... (we don't want "trust" monopolies and centralisation, do we?)
People need to rethink the way they use the Internet and what tools they use to access the Internet. ⬆
"Our products just aren't engineered for security."
--Brian Valentine, Microsoft executive
--Gateway Computer Chairman Ted Waitt
--Paul Carvel
--Richard Stallman
--Bill Gates, 1993