Remember back in the day when there was interoperability between messaging platforms? When the hope was held out that we would all be able to seamlessly chat, with a single app, a single account, with anyone, just like we can send and receive email with anyone, regardless of how and where they manage their email.
Remember?
Now I have this:
Skype, Slack, Teams, Android Messages, Telegram, Zoom, Signal. Oh, and email.
I have all the same apps running on my phone too.
Where did we go wrong?
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This video by Tom Scott is a
This video by Tom Scott is a relevant look at the decline (and problems with) open APIs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxV14h0kFs0
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