Ben Werdmuller links to a great thread by Christina Warren. I get the distrust of big social media, but having e.g. Instagram or Tumblr adopt an open protocol would be amazing. Thinking otherwise would be like being unhappy if Twitter brought back RSS feeds. It’s only a good thing!

@manton totally agree. it’s classic “I was here first so get off my lawn” or “Do it my way or go away.” Some of these folks should check themselves: open source means open. But do they have a right to exclude or make themselves private from it? Sure.