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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down by manquer on Saturday April 27, 2024 @12:46PM (#40181369)
SMTP, IMAP and POP did not prevent gmail or outlook from launching products

2G/3G/4G/5g did not hinder the mobile industry it only fostered it .

Standard payment interface like UPI did not stop apps for payments being built , India didn’t need a Venmo or WeeChat to innovate here before standardization

Innovations happen despite or without regulations if there is market demand for it . FRAND patents exist for a reason.

I can’t think of any common example where interoperability killed innovation

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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down by aurareturn on Saturday April 27, 2024 @01:14PM (#40181655)
Sure, and SMS is the protocol equivalent.

A lot of email protocol communication has been replaced by private, non-open solutions such as Slack, forums, Whatsapp, etc.

There should be open and closed protocols. If you want to use an open one, then go ahead, If a closed one works better for you, then go ahead.

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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down by adolph on Saturday April 27, 2024 @01:37PM (#40181843)
> SMTP, IMAP and POP did not prevent gmail or outlook from launching products

. . . and likewise did not require regulation for companies to be interested in adopting.

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