The “everything app” already exists.
It is called “the internet.”
And it is in crisis.
We really could get so much more out of computers and our massive digital footprints if there were any incentive for software developers to make programs that work together. But everyone just wants to capture the market, be the “everything app” not realizing that the real “everything app” is open source, open protocol and a probably government mandated requirement to foster interoperability. We get little glimpses of the future when some of these things align but greed keeps every dev shackled.
If you want to make money off of people using software you are a part of the public “everything app” that is called “the internet” for the privilege of using this lucrative public space you must follow basic rules. Mostly: either make your application compatible w/ similar applications, or pay an isolation tax. The unregulated public digital commons has been enclosed! it’s time to roll it back! There is no natural market incentive to solve these problems except monopoly and do we want that? no!
