Well here's someone who sounds enthusiastic about the monopolization of the web. I think the article is true but I'm old-fashioned and I'd rather look at a (badly made or beautifully designed) website of a small business or cafe to find their opening hours than their Facebook page. There are concepts to have data (like opening times, addresses, contact details etc.) in a format that could be used by APIs without having to centralize everything. I'm sure that's not gonna happen but I'd still like it better.
Well here's someone who sounds enthusiastic about the monopolization of the web. I think the article is true but I'm old-fashioned and I'd rather look at a (badly made or beautifully designed) website of a small business or cafe to find their opening hours than their Facebook page. There are concepts to have data (like opening times, addresses, contact details etc.) in a format that could be used by APIs without having to centralize everything. I'm sure that's not gonna happen but I'd still like it better.
A link of interest: https://medium.com/matter/the-web-we-have-to-save-2eb1fe15a426 (Via: http://www.nerdcore.de/2015/07/15/the-web-we-lost/)