Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System
by mellosouls on Saturday June 28, 2025 @12:40PM
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the AI Agent wave made interoperability hype, and vendor lock-in old-fashioned
Perhaps but we see current hypes like Cursor only using MCP one way; you can feed into Cursor (eg. browser tools), but not out (eg. conversation history, context etc).
I love Cursor but this "not giving back" mentality originally reflected in it's closed source forking of VS Code leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth and I believe will ultimately see it lose developer credibility.
Perhaps but we see current hypes like Cursor only using MCP one way; you can feed into Cursor (eg. browser tools), but not out (eg. conversation history, context etc).
I love Cursor but this "not giving back" mentality originally reflected in it's closed source forking of VS Code leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth and I believe will ultimately see it lose developer credibility.
Lock-in still seems to be locked in.