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I don't understand why he thinks the pendulum is swinging back. Is there any particular evidence of that?
by krakensden 14y ago
I don't understand why he thinks the pendulum is swinging back. Is there any particular evidence of that?
- lubujackson 14y agoI would say the first sign is that the sheen has worn off and people are starting to notice some deep-set flaws in the services they use. Fewer people think Google is good and never "evil", Macs don't always "just work", and Facebook continues to have "privacy issues".
- rheide 14y agoUm, did you read the article? There's tons of good points in there. Some of them might be a bit exaggerated though .(like the oembed one, was that ever popular?)
- anildash 14y agoTwitter's original "sidebar" implementation of inline media used OEmbed, actually.
- gojomo 14y agoYou're right, he doesn't specifically give support for the idea idea we're recovering these values and capabilities. But I think he's alluding to people, as they gain experience and perspective, becoming aware of the limits of proprietary platforms, and investigating (or rediscovering) other possibilities.
- mhurron 14y agoI'm honestly not seeing that people are giving up Facebook or the like because of any limits imposed by Facebook. The worst I saw was some of the more technical minded go to Google+, which is basically the same thing all over again.
- gkelly 14y agoI don't think it's swinging back, but I would like to hear his reasons for claiming it is.