He's correct that if they want to be effective, they have to take the gloves off and pick a side; it can't be any other way in a religious war. Of course the LP won't do that because it's a social club for autists.
Surely brand new hardware which require rewriting/recompiling your software will gain traction! No. Minicomputers failed back then and will fail again for the same reason. If I wanted that shit, i'd just buy a smartphone.
Firms like plaid using browser automation to deal with the fact that most firms have total shit APIs have become huge. A shame we need them at all, but such is life.