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Every site wants to be the aggregator, no-one wants to be aggregated.

This is what we can't have good things.

Every site wants to be the aggregator, no-one wants to be aggregated.

Or as Spolsky put it: "Smart companies try to commoditize their products' complements."

Totally agree with Sideburns. Although, when companies/services stop thinking about what's good for the user, they become ripe for disruption.