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> Unless you force Apple, Google and Microsoft to work together at gunpoint, all three of them are going to find unique ways to gouge customers. I think we'

> Unless you force Apple, Google and Microsoft to work together at gunpoint, all three of them are going to find unique ways to gouge customers. I think we're going to see this cemented as regulatory legislation like Europe's Digital Market Act comes into play. Mandated interoperability is a horrible stick, it's a pity we come to this, though the Digital Markets Act is only really attempting it at the policy level, thou shalt/not, which is a high leverage point. We'll see whether that changes anyone's values. But we must rather ask What would be the _incentive_ (from markets or culture) that would make everyone all happy families again? Ergo, what was the thing that made standards and interoperability such wonderful things in the first place that we created them?

smoldesu 3y ago
> But we must rather ask What would be the _incentive_ (from markets or culture) that would make everyone all happy families again? Given a timespan of about half-a-century to make it's own decisions, apparently government regulation is the only thing that can compel them. Look at the largest companies in the world and tell me I'm wrong. No matter how slow you boil the frog, successful businesses will never step up and do the right thing. > Ergo, what was the thing that made standards and interoperability such wonderful things in the first place that we created them? See, this is backwards thinking. Order is not native to the world; nobody invents a new CPU architecture and magically has standards get drafted into thin-air. Standardization is the alternative to chaotic iteration. When too much changes for too few reasons, an agreeable framework is standardized and used as the basis for future iterations. The incentive to change things is the fact that the status quo sucks. That alone is enough; nobody is naive for expecting better out of the most successful businesses in the world. Leaving them to write their own playbook ends in asinine power-moves like proprietary serial connectors and user exploitation. It's not realistic or amicable; that's why the government has to step in.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  I see interoperability as the oil that keeps the machine running, and people aren't using enough lube. When the car finally grinds to a halt a responsible adult has to go change the oil. SV has been driving dad's Ferrari like in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, making it a displaced symbol of acted-out irresponsibility.

smoldesu 3y ago

> But we must rather ask What would be the _incentive_ (from markets or culture) that would make everyone all happy families again? Given a timespan of about half-a-century to make it's own decisions, apparently government regulation is the only thing that can compel them. Look at the largest companies in the world and tell me I'm wrong. No matter how slow you boil the frog, successful businesses will never step up and do the right thing. > Ergo, what was the thing that made standards and interoperability such wonderful things in the first place that we created them? See, this is backwards thinking. Order is not native to the world; nobody invents a new CPU architecture and magically has standards get drafted into thin-air. Standardization is the alternative to chaotic iteration. When too much changes for too few reasons, an agreeable framework is standardized and used as the basis for future iterations. The incentive to change things is the fact that the status quo sucks. That alone is enough; nobody is naive for expecting better out of the most successful businesses in the world. Leaving them to write their own playbook ends in asinine power-moves like proprietary serial connectors and user exploitation. It's not realistic or amicable; that's why the government has to step in.

nonrandomstring 3y ago
I see interoperability as the oil that keeps the machine running, and people aren't using enough lube. When the car finally grinds to a halt a responsible adult has to go change the oil. SV has been driving dad's Ferrari like in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, making it a displaced symbol of acted-out irresponsibility.