This is so goddamn true.
Bear in mind, the difference is that monopolies happen, and even if not, some dude always can break interoperability or the #API, or just turn the service OFF.
Progress? 
HT @kelseyhightower @kinlane @aral #SOA #standardshttps://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1029830938698571776 …
-
-
I forget who said it but “API keys are keys to a lock you do not own” We have Mr. O’Reilly & his “Web 2.0 === Open Web” whitewash to thank for our conflating access with freedom & losing the latter in pursuit of the former. Access, without ownership, can be revoked at any time.
3 replies 2 retweets 8 likes -
I dunno, Tim's just a hooked-up tech writer who successfully became a publisher and conference impresario for moneyed parts of the "open" crowd. Our lack of a consensual definition of "open" runs a lot deeper than one Ivy League dude selling code books with cute animal covers.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Yeah, we mistake open as in an open door (which can be closed and locked on the whim of the owner) with open as in an open field that belongs to the commons and cannot legally be enclosed. Right of access isn’t the differentiator, ownership & control is.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.