Experiencing the modern Internet means moving from one walled garden to the next. We drop into apps that isolate us from the web. We subscribe to multiple streaming services to watch exclusive content on one and move to watch something exclusively on another. Social networks encourage us to build our networks within their URLs and keep our interactions there. 

The Internet is a series of fiefdoms, and they do what they can keep it that way. Facebook interacting with Twitter? No. Spotify working with iTunes? Definitely not. Disney+ sharing exclusive shows with Netflix? LOL. It makes sense. It’s in their business interest to put up walls and keep users within them.

Then this week we saw a crack in the metaphorical wall. It wasn’t a break. It was a crack, and it was in one of the places you might least expect it.