> Sadly, open standards also slow down the development of new features, as everybody needs to be "on board" for new features to roll out.
Stop repeating this talking point of big tech. This is FUD. Sure, developing the standard further requires more work and is slower if just one person alone developed it, but the upsides clearly overweigh.
Furthemore, everonye is free to build their own features in their own app that are not part of an open protocol (good examples are snooze or send later features in email).
PS: As a sister comment pointed out, open standard is not even in the scope of this new EU act. It's only about opening up their APIs. They are not foced to use an open protocol.
Stop repeating this talking point of big tech. This is FUD. Sure, developing the standard further requires more work and is slower if just one person alone developed it, but the upsides clearly overweigh.
Furthemore, everonye is free to build their own features in their own app that are not part of an open protocol (good examples are snooze or send later features in email).
PS: As a sister comment pointed out, open standard is not even in the scope of this new EU act. It's only about opening up their APIs. They are not foced to use an open protocol.