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mongol
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It's time to stop texting
SMS is from an era when the focus was on protocols, not apps. Unfortunately that era seem unlikely to return.
faddyfadfad
on Jan 11, 2023
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"Unfortunately"? How do you figure?
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The best parts of the internet are due to standardized , open protocols: RFCs, HTML, SMTP and so on. It is the neccessary foundation without there would be no internet.
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Unfortunate because with a protocol first mindset interoperability is easy, the app first mindset makes interoperability almost impossible.
Pxtl
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Like how Google abandoned XMPP.
arcanemachiner
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Openness > Vendor lock-in
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