> Decentralization with multiple competing tools and standards is good as it provides redundancy and opportunities for specialization Strange argument. This is

> Decentralization with multiple competing tools and standards is good as it provides redundancy and opportunities for specialization Strange argument. This is one of those competing, decentralised standards you are asking for. It’s not clear that fragmentation is better for chat services, even if like you say commercial interests lead to that. Would the web be better if information was spread across 10 competing incompatible versions of http/dns/html/web browser?