@osma @fediverse Unfortunately thereβs no business advantage, and many disadvantages, in it for them. #ActivityPub means data portability, something that greatly weakens their hold on users π
this post was submitted on 15 May 2023
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@The_KamikaZEN @osma @fediverse If e.g. Komoot and Ride with GPS would collaborate on becoming interoperable for let's say sharing, liking, and comments, they might sway some users away from Strava with the promise of being more open. But tbh, the amount of users migrating would probably still be small, and Strava absolutely rules that industry by network effect.
It's a lot of investment from whoever implements AP, and not much to gain. I think this has to start in the opensource community.
Why would they? Whatβs in it for them?
This. This right here. For anybody to embrace anything they have to perceive and advantage to them to do so. If you can't persuade them of such an advantage they won't do it.
@osma @fediverse those companyies do love their walled gardens.
Garmin is famous for building limited penetration walls.
I need a tool to make my fitness details portable.
Walled gardens are far more profitable than ActivityPub could ever be.
/thread
Ah, yes, Strava, the poster child of profitable walled gardens thriving because of their amazing social visibility.
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You could make a addon or app which auto shares to the users activitypub accounts instead