# Open systems will beat centralized claims on the metaverse

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-11-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Priv8 Virtual Summit: Greg Osuri, Tor Bair, Ari Paul's Take on the Decentralized Future (Orchid Labs)
- **Watch at:** 00:43:19 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6MlnDl6Rs&t=2599s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-11-19-open-systems-will-beat-centralized-claims-on-the-m-ldfm/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open systems will beat centralized claims on the metaverse," Priv8 Virtual Summit: Greg Osuri, Tor Bair, Ari Paul's Take on the Decentralized Future (Orchid Labs), 19 Nov 2021, 00:43:19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6MlnDl6Rs&t=2599s

## Quote — verbatim

> I'm actually optimistic. It's not the first time a centralized company tried to put claim to an open system — Microsoft in the 90s tried to put claim to the internet, AOL tried to put claim by actually developing tools for the internet, but ultimately an open system won. So the composability of an open system will ultimately be the winner.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Responding to worries about Meta/Microsoft capturing the metaverse; a 2021 instance of his recurring open-beats-closed prediction.