XMPP, RSS, and similar protocols feel like they died due to this. Technical stuff, sure, but I tend to view the technical reasons more as business justification

XMPP, RSS, and similar protocols feel like they died due to this. Technical stuff, sure, but I tend to view the technical reasons more as business justifications for lock-in than "legit" issues. I work in the micromobility vertical, which is facing some of these issues around trips, privacy, companies owning data, and cities wanting open data. Stuff like this [1] is popping up more and more. https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/10/transport-trip-planner-app-lyft-citibike-open-mobility-data/599650/ https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/10/transport-trip-p...