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It'd be nice if companies were forced to allow interoperability, at least optionally, and had good standards for making that easier on developers no matter what platform or title. There are some valid reasons to segregate PC and console gamers (depending on the game), but that kind of social network lock-in is mainly an artificial constraint which is anti-competitive and ultimately anti-consumer. Those are the kinds of barriers the internet should be removing from our lives.


I agree but people will still self segregate . It’s natural .

An open platform becomes a slum and an exclusive one opens up. Friendster MySpace Facebook instagram and so on

If you allow everyone you lose the community by definition.




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