[tambourine_man]

Pretty neat indeed.

It's sad though that one has to virtualize an entire OS just because a messaging system doesn't offer an open API.

[JustSomeNobody]

The world is getting more proprietary ... sadly.

[tambourine_man]

In some ways, yes. On the other hand, free software is also everywhere. Linux, Webkit/Blink/Firefox, Apache/nginx, LLVM/GCC, Emacs/Vim… it's a pretty big list.

Instant messaging and Pro Photo/Video apps are a particularly sore point.