Critics of interoperability (including the dominant firms targeted by interoperability proposals) emphasize the fact that weakening a tech platform’s ability to control its users weakens its power to defend its users. They’re not wrong, but they’re not complete either.
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“Interoperability guarantees competition. […] Interoperability has become key in the digital economy – where this does not work, the provider of the foreclosed technology will be able to set up technological lock-ins for suppliers and customers.”
Konrad Adenauer Foundation report on digital competition, 2020