While I like the idea I feel like it's misplaced. Hand writing documents was acceptable until we got typewriters. Black and white text was acceptable until we b

While I like the idea I feel like it's misplaced. Hand writing documents was acceptable until we got typewriters. Black and white text was acceptable until we built color displays. Paper documents were acceptable until we built word processors. Digital documents were acceptable...until we built the Web of Applications. I do not see documents and applications as two separate things. I think an application is the inevitable next step towards our goal of disseminating information as efficiently as possible. That's why it's called hypertext - it's meant to be a better version of plain text documents. The author's biggest complaint is "applications pretending to be documents," such as journalism sites that implement monthly article caps. Sure, but in the old days you had to pay for the newspaper too, didn't you? Paywalls are not a result of the "Web of Applications" as much as they are a corporate attempt to adapt to a new medium. Nobody will publish documents for free unless it is a hobby or passion; in order for there to be worthwhile documents churned out every week or so, someone has to get paid. The author seems to presume that news orgs would simply publish their documents for free if the Web only enabled GET requests. I have extreme doubts about this.