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So the browser is becoming a VM that can transparently download things off the web... Companies will totally control the software this way. SaaS is the biggest
by blub 17y ago
So the browser is becoming a VM that can transparently download things off the web... Companies will totally control the software this way.
SaaS is the biggest lock-in, but no one seems to be complaining.
- JanezStupar 17y agoIt seems that people have no problem with lock-in if it means convenient solutions or as long as it stays convenient.
- extension 17y agoThe problem isn't lock-in, it's lock-out. Closed source desktop software and file formats can lock you in as tight as any web app, but at least they don't spontaneously change or disappear entirely. In either cases, the issue comes down to data portability. If you can get at your data, in a reasonably convenient format, you're not locked in. This can and should be provided in any application model and I am relieved, as of late, to see awareness of this spreading fast.