nilay patel

nilay patel @reckless

Standards and interop are good for consumers and the industry often recognizes that and figures it out on its own: WiFi and HDMI and USB. But oftentimes the players are all too self-interested and various govs have to step in and just make the rule. Feature not a bug! — PolitiTweet.org

nilay patel @reckless

@scotchua Sure it did — there were tons of neat third party AIM clients, including Apple's own Messages app. That the entire AOL / TW merger was a disaster not the fault of this rule — PolitiTweet.org