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Fair enough. See my sibling comment about Salesforce and Github which I think are better examples. Or the iOS and Android platforms. My point is that we have c
by stanleydrew 11y ago
Fair enough. See my sibling comment about Salesforce and Github which I think are better examples. Or the iOS and Android platforms.
My point is that we have certain implicit biases (I too hate FB and Salesforce as platforms) but those biases aren't really based on some kind of general principle that "proprietary platforms are always bad and dangerous".
Proprietary platforms run by untrustworthy companies are bad and dangerous.
- jclulow 11y agoA trustworthy company is always one "being acquired by Oracle" away from becoming an untrustworthy, belligerent rent-seeker. Any dependency on another company for your own business must be considered a risk to be managed.
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago> Proprietary platforms run by untrustworthy companies are bad and dangerous. But do proprietary platforms run by trustworthy companies exist? If so, what happens when a new CEO, product owner, etc takes over and makes changes that could ruin existing relationships? Seems inevitable for every platform to evolve to some degree; what if the evolution is simply not compatible with what you built? Does that make them untrustworthy? It all seems kinda nebulous to me and I'm not sure I'd want to put all my cards in one basket :)
- the_ancient 11y ago>>Proprietary platforms run by untrustworthy companies are bad and dangerous. Where is this unicorn proprietary platform that is run by trustworthy company?