> services are making it easy for AI agents to access directly without an app.

This is what we all want, this is what kicked off the open web back when the internet first started. This is what made everybody excited for user agents. Now we have user agents once more and we are getting excited about the new agentic web, but temper your expectations. This time, rent-seeking corporations are in it from the start, see the exact same promises that excited you about the open web, and plan to take full advantage right away. This is why everyone is trying to sell their own agent instead of giving access to your own.