> There once was a day when we demanded our social media platforms to provide these “open access” APIs And we still demand them for other types of apps. If I

> There once was a day when we demanded our social media platforms to provide these “open access” APIs And we still demand them for other types of apps. If I have a Mac or iPhone, I can connect the Apple-supplied Mail app to Gmail with IMAP or POP or whatever it uses. If I have Windows with Outlook, I can connect it to whatever mail server too. And this software gets access to all the content of my emails, which is private data. Likewise, on a smartphone, I can install a third-party app to access Hacker News or Reddit. Because both of them have an open API. (In fact, for a long time there wasn't an official Reddit mobile app, and they encouraged you to go third party.)