It's a thought I keep repeating that is probably worth expanding into an article - modern software eschews interoperability, and in particular, SaaS is based on preventing interoperability. What used to be a desktop application operating on an independent source of data (filesystem) now vacuums the data and offers it back over an official interface and an extremely limited and locked-down API.
Wrt. those APIs, note that what just a decade ago on desktop was considered normal interop, nowadays often requires the interoperating parties to sign contracts, adding a legal dimension that further shuts out end users.
It's a thought I keep repeating that is probably worth expanding into an article - modern software eschews interoperability, and in particular, SaaS is based on preventing interoperability. What used to be a desktop application operating on an independent source of data (filesystem) now vacuums the data and offers it back over an official interface and an extremely limited and locked-down API.
Wrt. those APIs, note that what just a decade ago on desktop was considered normal interop, nowadays often requires the interoperating parties to sign contracts, adding a legal dimension that further shuts out end users.