It's not possible to build an open ecosystem on top of a closed one.

· Bits and Bobs 1/27/25
  • It's not possible to build an open ecosystem on top of a closed one.
    • Imagine creating an open ecosystem on top of the Facebook API that is fundamentally enabled by it.
    • At any point though the powers that be at Facebook could say, "you know, if we were to hit this one button, your whole thing would die. So why don't you just do whatever we tell you to do?"
    • Related to the ancient Greek notion of the person who can destroy a thing is who truly controls it.

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