>nobody makes money when things aren't locked down i would rephrase as "incumbents don't usually make more money if things are opened up". if consumer gets ma

>nobody makes money when things aren't locked down i would rephrase as "incumbents don't usually make more money if things are opened up". if consumer gets materially better value, then challenger ecosystem around MCP will evolve. it will be open at first - great for startups and challengers, innovator's dilemma for market leaders. and then it will close as the new wave establishes their moats. but, similar to web, even though the current web leaders are now much more closed than we would like, the overall ecosystem is more open than it was.