Re:Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times?
by mschaef on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:00PM
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I still like what I wrote initially: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27107735
The tl;dr is that this architecture imposed costs on essentially everybody involved in software and offered benefits that were abstract at best. I didn't always see the costs, and I placed too much value on what I perceived to be the benefits.
The whole point of having users captive, is that you can offer the crappiest option and charge for it. And by charging for it you restrict who (and how) have access to it.