The issue is that most vendors don&#x27;t want to converge on a standard. Stuff would be fine if that standard wasn&#x27;t properly RESTful, as long as it was <i>a standard</i>, but many arguments towards RESTful IMHO present the benefits we would get from any standard as the benefits we would (only) get from a RESTful standard.<p>I agree that the current situation is crappy. I agree that HATEOAS&#x2F;REST ideas implemented properly and with the intend to cooperate would help a lot, and that there are many worse candidates for a standard.<p>I disagree that HATEOAS&#x2F;REST would matter that much, compared to the &quot;implemented properly and with the intend to cooperate&quot;.