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?

Show threadOnterofNov 9, 2022
@atomicpoet it's kinda crazy how lot's of enterprise software actually is based on free software. But then companies add just enough tiny features to sell it and voilà: vendor lock.
All the database systems are like this, or even Android
Show threadChris Trottier
@onterof Yeah, this is one reason why the AGPL is so important as a license.
Nov 9, 2022 at 10:34pmWeb