[teddyh]

Your argument seems to be to never implement anything, because eventually it will become old and it will be hard to move away from it? This seems to be an argument against anything new, and it is therefore hard to take seriously.

[api]

It’s an argument against complexity. IP had amazing longevity because of its simplicity and openness.

Even if something is open, complexity is almost like closed as we can see with crazy complicated web standards for which there are few implementations.

[zbentley]

Not GP, but I interpreted it as an argument to innovate/proliferate implementations early and often, but to standardize minimally and as late as possible.

[snek_case]

The argument is more that encryption technologies can become outdated quickly. You also make it harder for small embedded devices to implement network connections if you mandate that all traffic must be encrypted.

A simple protocol is more likely to last.