[HN Gopher] The Meaning of Open (2009)
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       The Meaning of Open (2009)
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2021-05-11 12:16 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | ashneo76 wrote:
       | Actions speak louder than words
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | The two examples they give of how "open" Google has been in the
       | past, are:
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       | 1. The "Atom" standard for... RSS feeds. (Google would, four
       | years later, virtually destroy almost the entire RSS ecosystem by
       | closing Google Reader.)
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       | 2. The geolocation API in browsers, helping web sites track your
       | location.
        
         | Steltek wrote:
         | These are not well chosen examples of feigned openness by
         | Google or maybe I don't understand this comment.
         | 
         | I used and loved Google Reader but you can't accuse Google of
         | destroying an "ecosystem" by closing down a product. If it was
         | really that healthy, other sites would have outrageously
         | flourished by a market leader packing up like that.
         | 
         | The Geolocation API that powers so many mapping/fitness sites,
         | local store locators, and God knows what else? How is that not
         | open?
        
         | Lammy wrote:
         | 3. Android, until they left all the AOSP apps to rot:
         | https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on...
        
       | Lammy wrote:
       | > In many cases, most notably our search and ads products,
       | opening up the code would not contribute to these goals and would
       | actually hurt users.
       | 
       | I'm glad somebody smarter than me is around to decide these
       | things for me :)
        
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