> If I had to make a prediction, I'd say that over time open protocols will end up winning I think Alan Kay made a prediction to that effect a few years ago, s

> If I had to make a prediction, I'd say that over time open protocols will end up winning I think Alan Kay made a prediction to that effect a few years ago, so you're in good company. I certainly hope you're both right. Patience is required, though. I imagine it's something of a cycle. Companies try to lock users into their ecosystem, but there are opposing forces that want the protocols to be free. I certainly hope that the internet of the future looks a lot different than its current form. We regularly hear of data breaches; something that people take in their stride. When will people wake up that the current model is not a good one? I don't know. It's not certain that they will, but my sense is that current practises are not sustainable long term. We now have "IoT" devices that are beholden to company servers. That's utter insanity, in my books. Will we wake up to the fact that it is a deeply flawed idea?