# Documenting a Problematic Idea on Data Ownership **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Tags:** Discussing, community-consideration\ **Created:** [August 22, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/documenting-a-problematic-idea-on-data-ownership/55839 "2025-08-22T10:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Seb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/seb/32/10340_2.png) [@Seb](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Seb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/documenting-a-problematic-idea-on-data-ownership/55839/5 "2025-08-22T10:43:26Z")
- [How to create a personal-canister application?](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-create-a-personal-canister-application/21949) - ["Wapps" aka fully owned canisters](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/wapps-aka-fully-owned-canisters/27070) - [Canister Dapps: A brief introduction](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/canister-dapps-a-brief-introduction/53650) - [GitHub - EgoDevs/ego](https://github.com/EgoDevs/ego) - [GitHub - vporton/icp-package-manager: Package manager for ICP blockchain](https://github.com/vporton/icp-package-manager?tab=readme-ov-file) - [Neutron: Modular Rolling-Governed Applications System](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/neutron-modular-rolling-governed-applications-system/20295) 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/documenting-a-problematic-idea-on-data-ownership/55839)._