[basch]

I'd argue that standardization at the protocol level benefits almost everyone more than the current paradigms. Any app works with any taxi network.

I want to use Lyft as my client, great. I land in a city, and I can ping drivers working for any pool, co-op, or team.

WeChat just replaced the AppStore/OS. If each service is its own entity inside WeChat, youve just nested the problem one level down. The client browser should be completely divorced from the rest of the network. There should be an IMAP/HTTP level hailing protocol. You want gmail but I want outlook, great we can still talk to each other.