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I, as a programmer, am almost always able to migrate my data from an app to another, by using APIs, the command line and tiny bugged scripts that fetch data fro
by fiatjaf 10y ago
I, as a programmer, am almost always able to migrate my data from an app to another, by using APIs, the command line and tiny bugged scripts that fetch data from one service, reformat it, repackage it and save it to another service, which uses totally different formats.
Maybe a better solution would be to create easier ways to do that, so everyone will be able to move their data.
- kentonv 10y agoIndeed. And in practice, the small, new entrants to a market will write migration tools to migrate away from the entrenched players as a way to get customers. If this isn't happening, then there's apparently no will from either player to write migration tools, which suggests to me that there would similarly be no will to use standardized data formats, unfortunately.