Don't swallow the lure. Please allow me to quote what I said yesterday[1].
>> Slack, like so many others before them, pretend to care about interoperability, opening up just so slightly, so that they can lure in people with the promise of "openness", before eventually closing the gate once they've achieved sufficient size and lock-in.
> Spot on. People are lured in by hype and forget the long-term consequences. Always chose “open” by design, never by charity.
>> Slack, like so many others before them, pretend to care about interoperability, opening up just so slightly, so that they can lure in people with the promise of "openness", before eventually closing the gate once they've achieved sufficient size and lock-in.
> Spot on. People are lured in by hype and forget the long-term consequences. Always chose “open” by design, never by charity.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16567269