In 2025, Apps are Becoming the Middlemen Nobody Needs

Remember when every company needed an app? That era is dying, and Silicon Valley knows it.

While tech giants force you to download yet another app that's really just a wrapper for a web service, they're missing something crucial: The future isn't in apps. It's in protocols.

Here's the uncomfortable truth: Apps aren't products anymore. They're prisons designed to capture your data and lock you into ecosystems.

Think about it. What do most apps actually do?

• Wrap basic protocols in fancy UIs
• Lock you into proprietary systems
• Collect your data
• Serve you ads
• Create artificial walls around basic functions

But here's what Big Tech doesn't want you to understand: None of this is necessary.

The real revolution isn't happening in app stores. It's happening in protocols:

• HTTP revolutionized information sharing
• SMTP powers global communication
• Bitcoin enabled permissionless finance
• Matrix enables decentralized chat
• ActivityPub powers decentralized social

Here's the billion-dollar insight they're terrified of: In 2025, apps are becoming the middlemen nobody needs.

Let's break down what protocols actually offer:

1. Open standards
2. Interoperability
3. No gatekeepers
4. User ownership
5. Innovation without permission

The playbook they don't want you to see:

• Protocols beat platforms
• Standards beat walled gardens
• Interoperability beats lock-in
• Community beats corporation

The shift isn't just coming. It's already here.

Every day we wait:

• More data gets siloed
• More users get locked in
• More innovation gets stifled
• More value gets extracted

But here's where it gets interesting: The same companies fighting against protocols are built on them. Your iPhone? Runs on internet protocols. Google's empire? Built on HTTP. Facebook's network? Powered by open standards.

The greatest irony? They're making billions by adding unnecessary layers to what should be simple protocols.

The next great tech companies won't be built on apps. They'll be built on protocols. They won't lock users in. They'll set them free.

Think about it:

• Messaging
• Social networking
• File sharing
• Identity
• Payments

Everything can be a protocol. Everything should be a protocol. Everything will be a protocol.

The blueprint exists. The technology exists. The standards exist.

All we need is to build the bridges.

Welcome to the protocol revolution. The apps are dying.

Are you ready to build on open standards?

The trillion-dollar opportunity isn't in building better apps.

It's in making them unnecessary.