Comment by teroshan

> Imagine how great an Instagram MCP would be. You could create your own feed algorithm (such as the OG algorithm: just pictures from friends based on when they posted). Users would be able to filter out all the influencer content and ads Instagram throws on them. But Instagram would never do this.

See also: the OG App : https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/27/og-app-promises-you-an-ad-...

This is why I don't understand why MCPs (or in other words open documented APIs right?) are being pushed so much.

What's the value in e.g. Amazon opening up their APIs to competitors, lowering the cost of scraping their data? Or allowing their consumers to more easily analyze dynamic pricing? Isn't the whole point to steer people towards closed proprietary apps that work in walled garden that prevent reverse-engineering and any kind of modification?