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i hate these underhanded "use this cool feature that we made to lock you in to our platform" tactics

• bilbo0s 8y ago
  ??? Isn't the entire point of the original article to lock you into the Network Next platform by forcing you to implement their SDK? I think every network provider is going to work to lock you into their platform.
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  • kbenson 8y ago
    Well, in defense of Network Next, their system seems to fall back to public routes if there's no benefit. That doesn't seem too much like lock in, since you have to have public servers working anyway.
    • bilbo0s 8y ago
      Nope, still lock-in. You have to use THEIR APIs. It won't work if you use regular networking code. Gotcha!
      • gafferongames 8y ago
        Our APIs are just simple replacements for UDP sendto/recvfrom and they’re open source. While they won’t work unless you work with our marketplace, if they don’t work, they just fall back to regular UDP packets. How is this lock in again?