It's a platonic ideal, but the internet runs on ads, and that ruins everything.
An interface you don't control is an interface you can't advertise on. The vast majority of players will never open their data in a manner that hurts their ability to sell sponsorship, and this problem is entrenched in the fabric of the internet.
HN is a very, very rare exception in that it never was and never will be dependent on ad funding.
An interface you don't control is an interface you can't advertise on. The vast majority of players will never open their data in a manner that hurts their ability to sell sponsorship, and this problem is entrenched in the fabric of the internet.
HN is a very, very rare exception in that it never was and never will be dependent on ad funding.