Let's say I want to host a video, and I'm a "normie" that only has a cell phone. Under this model, my device is my server, so I'm hosting it off my cell phone. I want my friends to be able to see it whenever, but I don't want to have an internet connection at all times just for my friends to see my video. How can I achieve this on this network without a "broker" to host the video? Peertube is a "solution", but its a failure for widespread adoption because it adds complexity compared the mainstream solution. You're only going to draw average users to your platform by providing a superior user experience - very few posting even here can sincerely say that they don't sacrifice their privacy for convenience on a daily basis.

Additionally, they mention that your ID accrues "reputation" on the urbit network, which makes it pretty ballsy to bring up comparisons to Reddit because their system of upvotes and "karma" is one of the major structural failings making their platform unsuitable for free speech (same thing here tbqh famalamalampai). Thus the behavioral problems of modern social media (excessive virtue signalling, witch hunts, shadowbanning) are only amplified by this system, the tyranny of the majority extended into every aspect of your networked computing experience.

Overall I think this is a cool idea for certain applications where it has potential, but they're not pitching it just for those applications, they're pitching it as a technology to replace the entire current internet model with, and that's just not going to happen.