It seems that there is a trend by some companies, to heard people to use proprietary software on locked hardware. This is bad, since it limits people by locking them to use the products of certain company and with who they can share with.
Most of those products have the habit of don't playing nice with the products made by other companies, because of a wall that really doesn't need to be there. There is no technical reason why all software can't actually play nice with each other, most of the time is a decision made to lock people in so that they keep buying from a certain company.
That companies do this is not acceptable, and they must be stopped. We need to push all of them to build on common standards, so that we can have access to all the information available in any format, use it as we see fit and to share it with who we want. Companies, or industries and governments for that matter, have no business building walls to obstruct the free flow of information among the people. Restrictions are to be set by the people themselves, we should be the ones choosing with who and how we share whatever we choose.
The freedom to do so, empowers people by allowing them to do more by knowing more. Not only that, it mean that society can better share information and thus be more united. What's more, the simple act of being able to share with anyone else it helps to unite people together by not having artificial wall to differentiate people into groups of who has what platform.
Common standards need to become the norm, and all who wants to come play must align to the standard that applies to their field. It's in our best interest to have all players supporting those standards, so that we are free to select the best option for our needs.
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