Virtual Newsletter about Software Freedom

Febuary 15, 2026

Centralized protocols are not a good idea
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There are protocols which are free, but centralized.
Some examples are Signal and DNS.

You do need SOME centralized protocols at 1 layer.
But having too many is not good.
When you have centralized protocols, you lose freedom.

Signal is encrypted and private, but it is centralized.
Which is pretty sad.

DNS is centralized.
It makes sense, because DNS *needs* a centralized source.
But I've already covered how Internet Protocols are pretty bad.[1]

There are already some alternatives to most centralized services.
Signal can be replaced with Matrix.
DNS doesn't have a good alternative.

OpenNIC and other alternative root servers sound like a good idea, but actually aren't.
HTTPS makes these impossible.

- NexusSfan

[1] https://mrchicken.nexussfan.cz/newsletter/links/ip-is-great-but-horrible.txt

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