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Re:A legislative path to an interoperable internet by treis on Sunday October 18, 2020 @07:32PM (#24822001)
> generally support the EFF and think netizens need far more protections than they have, and those need to come through legislation. But I don't get why this mandated interoperability is a good idea.

It does look like a solution in search of a problem to me. Plenty of social networks have grown up while Facebook existed. Off the top of my head Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Viber, Tiktok, Yikyak, LinkedIn.

It's not clear what the practical impact of forced interoperability means. It (probably) upends the current revenue model. Who is going to maintain the back end API when the revenue is captured by the front end?

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Re:A legislative path to an interoperable internet by JetSpiegel on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:54AM (#24885333)
Why do we need 10 "different" apps to send messages between people?

Can you imagine needing a different email client to communicate between Gmail and Outlook users?

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