[sk8ingdom]

Ultimately isn't this what RSS and email were / are? Open methodologies that work across a wide array of technologies and are not owned by specific corporations?

I don't like my technologies (especially the ones I invest heavily in) to be owned by particular companies that need to please investors / shareholders. I know that my needs will always come second to their financial goals--this is particularly true for unpaid services (twitter, Google, Facebook, etc.).

I don't know why we were so quick to abandon "outdated" technologies in favor of corporate owned ones. It short of seems like we forfeited our data and collective ownership in open platforms / public utilities in favor of things that were easy and looked cool.

[bduerst]

Usually the open methodologies are ditched for paid or subsidized versions simply because the latter is generally of a higher quality.