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Ah yes, signing up to a dozen different forums. Don't want to go back to that, either. Tbh we've kind of failed to unify software properly. Hardware is semi u
by fennecfoxy 3y ago
Ah yes, signing up to a dozen different forums. Don't want to go back to that, either.
Tbh we've kind of failed to unify software properly.
Hardware is semi unified, Apple's efforts besides, but things like Wifi/Ethernet TCP/IP, HDMI, USB C etc all tie things together decently well now (but it could still be better).
But when it comes to software...why don't we have a universal identity/login system that everyone & everything supports?
Why don't governments enforce/mandate hardware/software compatibility for (larger?) companies. It should be like "if you want to support your own custom login/identity you can but you must also support minimal x"
Wifi for example, as a standard isn't legally enforced, it's purely supported for business reasons. If Apple could get away with rolling their own that only works with iDevices I'm sure they would. But if the usage purely for economical reasons disappears, we need law to force companies to use a minimal standard for interoperability.
- afroboy 3y ago> signing up to a dozen different forums.Don't want to go back to that, either. That will cost you 3 minutes if you want to ask a question, if not you don't have to sign up. in exchange we will preserve data and make it easy to search. and not make single entity to rule every community.