I empathize with your point of view. While I don't want to say this "broad generalization" applies to ALL scenarios, I will say that even today (in my experien

I empathize with your point of view. While I don't want to say this "broad generalization" applies to ALL scenarios, I will say that even today (in my experience) the "broad generalization" applies in MOST scenarios. I don't know how up to speed you are with how Twitter was. There was a point in time that they were infamous for their callous "slaying" of 3rd party vendors. I can't say I followed this story rigorously, but even a passive bystander understood Twitter was not about their ecosystem. They were about Twitter. I don't think it's a hopeless situation, but in my mind the only real path forward is a world where the largest tech companies build up their ecosystem and embrace 3rd party innovation and ingenuity, and not putting their heads into a guillotine when it suits them.