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>> Goodreads is bad because it is a monopoly, and that, frankly, sucks. I'd be more disappointed if I had to go to five different sites to see what different s
by TuringNYC 7y ago
>> Goodreads is bad because it is a monopoly, and that, frankly, sucks.
I'd be more disappointed if I had to go to five different sites to see what different segments of my friends were reading. Sort of like...messaging...where I have to use WhatsApp, SMS, FB Messenger, Slack, and GChat because different friends/family are adamant on one particular silo.
I know monopolies are not good, but there are some benefits in scale, especially for a site like this where i'm not paying and i'm not forced into buying bundles/packages I dont want.
- testis321 7y agoXMPP was a solution to all of those problems (except sms), but even the ones who supported it, broke the support one by one (starting with google and facebook). "one protocol to suit them all" would be a lot harder with books though