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Comment by FabHK

Yes. Let's look at more examples:

Chat: Open: XMPP, Jabber, Adium, Tox, Jitsi. Closed: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Apple Messages, Line, Skype, WeChat.

Social: Open: ? pump.io, Diaspora? Closed: Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn.

App Stores: Open: F-Droid. Closed: Apple App Store, Google Play

Authentication: Open: FreeOTP. Closed: Authy, Google Authenticator

Office: Open: LibreOffice. Closed: Microsoft Office.

Cloud: Open: ? buddycloud, GitLab. Closed: iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive.

OS: Open: Unixes. Closed: OS X, Windows

Browsers: Open: Firefox. Closed: Chrome, Safari, IE

Maps: Open: OpenStreetMap. Closed: Google maps, Apple maps

I realise these are mostly not "protocols" (depending on what layer we're talking about). Nevertheless, can hardly say that "Open protocols are already much larger than closed systems".

parent FabHK 9 years ago

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