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This reminds me of something I've been thinking a lot about. which i think is big techs greatest failure: interoperability

I first thought of this when seeing someone take a picture of their computer screen. There is just so much friction in moving data.

I should be able to take anything off any screen and move the source material to any other screen on any device or cloud with a simple 1-click process. Including the devices of a friend or family member.

Microsoft forced OEM's to replace the right ctrl key with a copilot key. really it should have been an 'interoperability' key.

>>binary+(OP)
It's not a failure, it's big techs greatest feature. Try to imagine the likes of Windows, Office, Apple, AWS, Social Media etc. without lock-in, network effect or all the other names for missing interoperability.

>>binary+(OP)
I usually joke that the hardest problem in computer science that is not yet solved is sending a file between two devices.

>>eproxu+Ij
Email baby!

>>binary+(OP)
Tech giants consider interoperability as a bug, not a feature. They want you locked into their ecosystems.

>>sirius+hg1
Only up to 18 MB or so. ;)

>>binary+(OP)
It’s the tragedy of product lock-in and closed systems.

>>layer8+Gq1
And not always instant.

>>sirius+hg1
Doesn't fit the requirement of "between two devices". Email involves a lot of other servers on the way (pure network devices like routers doesn't really count I guess) :-P

>>layer8+Gq1
uunencode the data and split into as many emails as necessary

>>eproxu+Ij
Notable example: freaking printers.