@pluralistic on how "Interoperability Can Save the Open Web"

Interpeer Project

https://spectrum.ieee.org/doctorow-interoperability

Here's the thing, though: the web stack is pretty good at NOT providing interoperability. Why?

Let's compare e.g. IP and HTTP on the one hand, and a web API on the other hand. The first two are built on standards. Fulfill the standards, and you can largely communicate.

Web APIs are producer defined. Each producer can provide an API that lets consumers do more or less the same thing, but each producer can...