Personal Canister has been an obsession, we even run an 1-month event centered around it. My current conclusion is that the tech is here, but it’s missing one use-case where it “clicks” and spread the network effect.
I don’t think the appeal of owning your data is enough. Most people don’t give a f*ck. Even users that claim to care, usually ends up back on centralized networks. I’m one of them.
I believe the “Personal Canister movement” needs something that is simply impossible to build any other way. Until then, we’ll continue to build Web 2.5.