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That can be a practical way to look at it. None of the opinions are wrong imho. Using that perspective focuses on where most efforts are to increase the general interoperability between different apps. Much needed.
It is a technical perspective, however. The social perspective of people getting connected needs no protocol definition.
The other day someone called me out to not use the term "Web" because its tied too much to HTTP. But not for the average person.