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Does needing an account really make it a walled garden? I borrow books and CDs from a public library: I need an account. I borrow videos from BlockBuster or s

by scholia 10y ago

Does needing an account really make it a walled garden? I borrow books and CDs from a public library: I need an account. I borrow videos from BlockBuster or stream them from Netflix: I need an account. I want to comment on HN or whatever: I need an account. I want to get a job, I need an account (SSN etc).

jhasse 10y ago
In some cases, yes: Want to borrow a book from another library because it's missing in yours? Want to switch from Netflix to a different streaming provider, but don't want to lose all your history? You can't easily because you're in their walled garden.