Yeah, Doctorow's discussion of that is what got me thinking about the snow job of ecosystems, and specifically how Apple scared/seduced many industries into thi

Yeah, Doctorow's discussion of that is what got me thinking about the snow job of ecosystems, and specifically how Apple scared/seduced many industries into this: https://blog.supermechanical.com/2023/10/31/the-latest-and-greatest-in-moats/ https://blog.supermechanical.com/2023/10/31/the-latest-and-g... There's probably a subtle business case for interoperability that you can make from within a company, but I only offer that because it's all we have the power to do ourselves, while we're waiting for regulation to change the economic motivations.