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> For that to happen, the AI needs to already be working. I don't think that the AI will be primarily developed to replace apps. I would rather expect Alexa or
by tjansen 4y ago
> For that to happen, the AI needs to already be working.
I don't think that the AI will be primarily developed to replace apps. I would rather expect Alexa or Google Assistant or Siri to start supporting arbitrary APIs.
> Closed APIs will prevent them from having the ability to program their own AI to do these things.
I would expect that a company like Google is able to find partners, but if not, there's always screen scraping.
> but they can make more money by controlling the experience instead of just giving you (paid) access to the API.
Not if people stop using the controlled experience. It just takes one competitor to offer the API.
- midoridensha 4y ago>I would expect that a company like Google is able to find partners, but if not, there's always screen scraping. They can shut that down with laws banning the practice. It might not stop someone working on a personal project, but it would prevent any significant company from offering any kind of paid product or service using screen-scraping. In fact, it might already be forbidden just by ToS.
- tjansen 4y agoGoogle or Apple could change their app store policies to either require allowing it or offer APIs.