Chris TrottierNov 9, 2022

The biggest mistake web devs ever made was focusing on corporate-owned APIs instead of on new and innovative open protocols.

I don't care how all-encompassing Big Social becomes -- or whether Google or Apple can keep their market valuations ongoing.

Those "critical" APIs can be yoinked at any moment.

However, SMTP and HTTP have now been used for decades. So why not build on the next generation of open protocols?

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@atomicpoet So … are there new protocols coming? Why do we need them? I agree with you 100% about corporate APIs. But those corporate APIs worked over HTTPS, right?
Nov 9, 2022 at 10:14pmWeb
Show threadChris TrottierNov 9, 2022

@negative12dollarbill There are new protocols coming. You need them for your long term survival.

And sure, those corporate APIs worked over HTTPS, but that doesn't mean that you should build your company on someone else's APIs.