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I remember the era when third party clients for online services were quite common. Now consumers get stuck in the middle of various corporate pissing matches in
by AlexandrB 3y ago
I remember the era when third party clients for online services were quite common. Now consumers get stuck in the middle of various corporate pissing matches instead.
- btreecat 3y agoKinda feels like DRM did it's main job of preventing interoperability. Funny how much bad tech is still "good enough"
- MomoXenosaga 3y agoI'm subscribed to Netflix through my smart TV app. I'm sure Netflix pays money to LG for that button on the remote.
- rchaud 3y agoWindows Phone and BlackBerry had apps that acted like two-way RSS for your messages. Everything in one app. They broke frequently because the app vendors changed their APIs, not wanting their products to become dumb pipes that just sent and received messages (the horror!).