> The only network services this won't become true of at some point in the future are those with decentralized clients and servers obeying a common documented protocol.
You mean like SMS?
You mean like SMS?
A better example would be HTTP/HTML/JS. Sure it is not perfect and protocol updates are hard and slow due to endless implementations but we got a working decentralized internet out of the deal that is very hard for any single party to take over now, so I call that worth it over a single party enforcing proprietary protocols like AOL having a total monopoly.