"I'm not sure what is the best strategy. For now, I myself try to stay as "curious" as possible and give probably more chances than most people to new challengers. I also try to diversify the products I use and avoid the "platform" game where a single player controls multiple levels (application, OS, hardware). Opening the data is probably a first step, but would that be enough? Probably not... most people do not care (or have no *idea*) how to use this data. If I were to decide, I would push for interrop. For example, I would by law force Lyft and Uber to show each other's results if *the user wants to*. For the social web, I would force Twitter and Facebook to show each other's messages f the user wants to... etc. The same goes for the messaging platforms.... etc. It worked for the phones, the railways and the roads, why couldn't it work for the web as well?" - Julien