The flip side of vendor lock-in — at the megacorp level, anyway — is the “one throat to choke” principle; sure, it might be hard to migrate off AWS/Azure/IBM, b

The flip side of vendor lock-in — at the megacorp level, anyway — is the “one throat to choke” principle; sure, it might be hard to migrate off AWS/Azure/IBM, but (a) your technology investments have a timespan measured in decade-long iterations; and (b) what you really want is to ensure reliable operations for your enterprise. Sure, you may be stuck with cloud vendor x for the next ten years, but at least you know who to scream at if the infra goes south — preferably someone who can mobilize enough engineers to get you back up and running right now. Having said that, if you’re a small company where cloud budgets are a significant portion of your overall spend, or a tech company that has a defensive need to be able to migrate providers, YM will definitely V.