Weinberger states that ‘The Net’s super-power’ is connection without permission. Its almighty power is that we can make of it whatever we want. This might be far off from his point, but isn’t there a growing security about ‘permission’ on the internet? What we can and cannot share? Or what we can and cannot view?
#70. “Web pages are about connecting, apps are about control.”
One could argue that there are just as many apps ‘connecting’ as there are about ‘control’. Couldn’t you say the very same thing about the web? “Web pages are about control, apps are about connecting.”
#112. “Sure, apps offer a nice experience. But the Web is about links that constantly reach out, connecting us without end. For lives and ideas, completion is death. Choose life.”
Honestly, I think you could still argue that apps could constantly reach out. Something as simple as a blogging app could ‘connect without end’.
#72. “In the Kingdom of Apps, we are users, not makers.”
Okay, but with the immense popularity of social network websites, blogging websites, and ‘creating your own website’ platforms, we’re technically not ‘makers’ of that either. What defines a ‘maker’ of the web? A web designer? Does Weinberger believe that everyone should be a ‘maker’?