> Email and photo sharing are generally dependent upon third parties, and generally extremely centralized and powerful ones, such as Google or Facebook or Twitter.
I think even still, the fact that you could go p2p acts as a behavior regulator for these companies. Gmail wants to charge you a monthly fee? Jump ship to a free competitor or run your own mail server.
It's the same way with crypto. If an exchange starts charging me for custody or ridiculous fees to transfer money I'll just download my own wallet and transfer the money myself.
I think even still, the fact that you could go p2p acts as a behavior regulator for these companies. Gmail wants to charge you a monthly fee? Jump ship to a free competitor or run your own mail server.
It's the same way with crypto. If an exchange starts charging me for custody or ridiculous fees to transfer money I'll just download my own wallet and transfer the money myself.