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If you have all the features you make the money on the hardware with the features. But describing things as only "lock in" is pretty meaningless as a comment. I
by napierzaza 15y ago
If you have all the features you make the money on the hardware with the features. But describing things as only "lock in" is pretty meaningless as a comment. It implies that all it's doing is increasing switching costs and not actually offering anything to the user.
But it would only increase switching costs in the event that it WAS an attractive feature. Features that are not useful or interesting to users aren't going to affect switching costs, or lock in.
- adambyrtek 15y agoCounterexample: Company X using a proprietary file format for their office suite. This is neither useful nor interesting to users, but definitely creates a lock-in.