I absolutely like the idea but hope that they push true interoperability more than just the "bundle all your data into a single big zip file" feature. The prob

I absolutely like the idea but hope that they push true interoperability more than just the "bundle all your data into a single big zip file" feature. The problem with the latter is it doesn't really do a lot for the vast majority of users wishing to use a competitor. Sure, they can take their data there but who is going to be able to see it easily? I wish it all worked like email. I can use any email provider I want, and people can send me mail, regardless of which provider they use. It isn't perfect (for instance gmail does some stuff with images and links to youtube videos and links to maps and so on that others don't, so I find myself using the product a bit differently if I know the recipient is using gmail), but still it is better than facebook etc where if you share via a product, the people seeing what you share have to use that product too. So basically what that means is competing (or complementary) products should be able to post your stuff to facebook as if you had posted it yourself. Or something. I don't know the exact solution, but I certainly support legislation forcing such companies to open up their platforms. Network monopolies are not good for consumers and not good for innovative competitors.