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Soft lock in? I don't know... I guess I'm being a bit literal with the term "lock." It's not binary (literally handcuffed or not), but more of a continuum tak
by jmm 16y ago
Soft lock in? I don't know... I guess I'm being a bit literal with the term "lock." It's not binary (literally handcuffed or not), but more of a continuum taking into account the cost of moving away. So sure, I guess I missed that.
And though I realize others may feel differently, I'm of the mindset that the costs are relatively low in walking away from facebook without my data. I have all my pictures anyway. Other peoples' pictures of me? Na... I don't own them. Statuses, messages, connections, likes, events? Sayonara without qualms.
- whatusername 16y agoexactly. It's not my data that binds me to facebook. It's the fact my friends are all there.
- Groxx 16y agoI think a lot of people define a lock-in as a monetary lock-in. You can't leave without spending X dollars to terminate early. But given the time to re-do a large portion of your data on FB (assuming you've used it a fair amount, as many people on it do), at minimum wage, it's probably nearly as "expensive" to leave FB as to switch cell phone providers. I know it's not a 1-to-1 comparison at all, and I've deleted my account and felt no loss. But my use of FB was incredibly minimal compared to most of my friends who are on it, and I hear "I hate Facebook, but everyone is on it" echoed from nearly everyone I encounter.