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I think one of the biggest reasons your being down-voted is because your confusing the act of creating solutions to problems with what lock-in actually is. Arg
by click170 15y ago
I think one of the biggest reasons your being down-voted is because your confusing the act of creating solutions to problems with what lock-in actually is.
Arguments can be made that because it costs more to switch from one platform to another, that is lock-in. IMO though, lock-in specifically refers to acts where a company intentionally tries to prevent people from moving away from their product or platform, most often manifesting as closed data formats or an inability to extract data that you yourself deposited in a system.
- napierzaza 15y agoAll the features Apple announced today are features that people have been demanding from Apple and any other vendor. What's the lock in? Putting DRM on music so you can only play it on iPod is lock in. Though I agree Apple is integrating services into iOS that are only available to iOS.So I imagine that gives them lock in. I don't want to start trying to guess as Apple's motivations, but I don't see them coming out with demanded features as intentional lock in as it appears to be their solution to the problem.
- click170 15y ago>> What's the lock in? I never said there was lock-in with this new update, I was pointing out what I perceived to be one of the biggest reasons your comment was down-voted. From the brief bits and pieces I've read about this, I've heard of nothing so far that smells like lock-in. And I'm by no stretch an Apple fanboy either.
- napierzaza 15y agoI was responding to your comment while restating my point. Not arguing with your comment. :-)