To me this is not about Google's pledge to do no evil, but more like a call to action against Facebook, Microsoft, and yes, even Apple.
Unfortunately in the tech industry shareholders love to see large market share followed by strong lock in potential.
As technologists it can be very frustrating to see, what is often inferior technology, win the market.
But, even more importantly, consumers suffer when interoperability diminishes. The mainstream top end of the adoption curve can't be blamed for gravitating towards ubiquity, but as technologists we should always be putting a full court press on walled gardens.
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To me this is not about Google's pledge to do no evil, but more like a call to action against Facebook, Microsoft, and yes, even Apple.
Unfortunately in the tech industry shareholders love to see large market share followed by strong lock in potential.
As technologists it can be very frustrating to see, what is often inferior technology, win the market.
But, even more importantly, consumers suffer when interoperability diminishes. The mainstream top end of the adoption curve can't be blamed for gravitating towards ubiquity, but as technologists we should always be putting a full court press on walled gardens.