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This reminds me of something I've been thinking a lot about. which i think is big techs greatest failure: interoperability I first thought of this when seeing
by binary_slinger 2y ago
This reminds me of something I've been thinking a lot about. which i think is big techs greatest failure: interoperability
I first thought of this when seeing someone take a picture of their computer screen. There is just so much friction in moving data.
I should be able to take anything off any screen and move the source material to any other screen on any device or cloud with a simple 1-click process. Including the devices of a friend or family member.
Microsoft forced OEM's to replace the right ctrl key with a copilot key. really it should have been an 'interoperability' key.
- itsgabriel 2y agoIt's not a failure, it's big techs greatest feature. Try to imagine the likes of Windows, Office, Apple, AWS, Social Media etc. without lock-in, network effect or all the other names for missing interoperability.
- eproxus 2y agoI usually joke that the hardest problem in computer science that is not yet solved is sending a file between two devices.
- siriushacker 2y agoEmail baby!
- layer8 2y agoOnly up to 18 MB or so. ;)
- account42 2y agoAnd not always instant.
- creole_wither 2y agouunencode the data and split into as many emails as necessary
- eproxus 2y agoDoesn't fit the requirement of "between two devices". Email involves a lot of other servers on the way (pure network devices like routers doesn't really count I guess) :-P
- dr_kiszonka 2y agoNotable example: freaking printers.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoTech giants consider interoperability as a bug, not a feature. They want you locked into their ecosystems.
- layer8 2y agoIt’s the tragedy of product lock-in and closed systems.