> It’s all about what gets consumed by the consumer.
It's not about the what. It's about how it's delivered and consumed.
One could provide a web-like experience using any number of proprietary technologies. It's only "The Web" when you deliver that experience in an open and standards-based way, and consumers consume it using their standards-supporting client of choice.
Podcasts are another great example of "The Web". What makes a podcast a podcast isn't what gets consumed, but how it's delivered and consumed. You can post an audio show on proprietary platforms that require proprietary clients, but those aren't podcasts any more than a web page saved as PDF is still a web page. If you can't play it in a podcast app, it's not a podcast.
It's not about the what. It's about how it's delivered and consumed.
One could provide a web-like experience using any number of proprietary technologies. It's only "The Web" when you deliver that experience in an open and standards-based way, and consumers consume it using their standards-supporting client of choice.
Podcasts are another great example of "The Web". What makes a podcast a podcast isn't what gets consumed, but how it's delivered and consumed. You can post an audio show on proprietary platforms that require proprietary clients, but those aren't podcasts any more than a web page saved as PDF is still a web page. If you can't play it in a podcast app, it's not a podcast.