[–] kazinator 3y ago ↗ You will not innovate anything without standards in an area where lots of diverse parts have to work together in any kind of network.Proprietary tech is never without standards; it just has some embrace-and-extend angle on something, or some niche or whatever.Imagine if every city had differently shaped power outlets and voltages; how much fun would it be to innovate in the home appliance space?Crack open anything proprietary and there is a ton of standard, recognizable parts that could be substituted from multiple vendors. [–] scarface74 3y ago ↗ I was about to rag on Spotify about not supporting a standard part of the mp3 spec used by podcasts - chapters. Since the author of the article cofounder Anchor and was acquired by Spotify.I then found that most podcast players don’t either.https://podnews.net/article/chapter-points-a-waste-of-time
[–] scarface74 3y ago ↗ I was about to rag on Spotify about not supporting a standard part of the mp3 spec used by podcasts - chapters. Since the author of the article cofounder Anchor and was acquired by Spotify.I then found that most podcast players don’t either.https://podnews.net/article/chapter-points-a-waste-of-time
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 18.8 ms ] threadProprietary tech is never without standards; it just has some embrace-and-extend angle on something, or some niche or whatever.
Imagine if every city had differently shaped power outlets and voltages; how much fun would it be to innovate in the home appliance space?
Crack open anything proprietary and there is a ton of standard, recognizable parts that could be substituted from multiple vendors.
I then found that most podcast players don’t either.
https://podnews.net/article/chapter-points-a-waste-of-time