Fate of the open web

Worried about the future of the open web? Will we be forced to offer content within the walled gardens of Facebook, Google, and Apple? This TechCrunch post (http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/10/1301496/) asks open web platform developers to comment. While optimistic, the big challenge facing the open web is the large difference in finances supporting platform development. The lack of contributors means the pace of development is slower and users might abandon these platforms in favor of more sophisticated options. Contributors relying on open platforms will lose their audiences.

For example, Facebook's new live video streaming would be an unlikely feature of WordPress - http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/04/introducing-new-ways-to-create-share-and-discover-live-video-on-facebook/