avi
@avichalp.eth
in the 2010s, big companies were avoiding open standards such as RSS. now, they are actively coming up with new open standards for AI like MCP and google just released A2A what has changed?
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shazow
@shazow.eth
I was remembering recently how in the early 2010s, RSS was being chastised for "stealing" traffic from websites. Reminded me of LLMs today.
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avi
@avichalp.eth
giving websites distribution = "stealing" traffic 🤔
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shazow
@shazow.eth
some readers would add their own ads or replace affiliate links!
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avi
@avichalp.eth
i guess readers didn't have a way to monetize
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shazow
@shazow.eth
not how I would describe it, but let's just say it was a contentious time that has been largely forgotten in favour of whining about google reader being sunset
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avi
@avichalp.eth
"Do you think Ashton or Oprah cares about open protocols? I doubt it. But someday they will care – when the internet is less open, less reliable and less secure." great post by @cdixon.eth i was revisiting the other day https://cdixon.org/2009/09/29/twitter-killed-rss-and-thats-a-bad-thing
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shazow
@shazow.eth
great post indeed! another echo of "nobody cares, until they do"
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