>The web was designed to be an open system and it's slowly being more closed in. There's still areas of openness, but they get smaller every year. And every time there's a new layer of restriction added there's always someone to point out that you still can do x y and z, it's just 10-20% harder than it used to be.

I agree with the tone of your post, but it's not the web that's open (every website is created/owned/controlled by someone), it's the Internet as a whole that needs to be open.

>When apps for phones came out it was "Well, you can always just make a web app. They have no control over that." but consumers are less likely to use a web app and you don't have the same access to the device.

I understand your frustration, but while we have freedom of speech and freedom of association, etc.

And while you certainly have a right to start your own business, you don't have the right to force others to make it easy for you.

Again, I understand your frustration, but what you're arguing for just doesn't make sense.

Why should other companies be forced to change their business practices to make your life/business easier?

That's a rhetorical question of course, but you don't have to treat it as one if you don't want to.