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> I'm now hesitant to install, and become dependent on, any new apps. You should be hesitant to become dependent on anything that does not provide you unfetter
by kps 5y ago
> I'm now hesitant to install, and become dependent on, any new apps.
You should be hesitant to become dependent on anything that does not provide you unfettered access to your data in a usable format.
- JadeNB 5y agoThe problem is that you find out that you don't have unfettered access after you update, when the app announces that the export feature is now crippled. (One way to fix this would be to export all data before every update, but that seems unreasonably cumbersome.)
- kps 5y agoWell, yes. I wouldn't call an export feature ‘unfettered access’; it's just a little leniency by the Lord App that he can withdraw on a whim.
- JadeNB 5y agoTo me, as long as it's available, export to an open standard is all I need; but I agree that, if it's revocable, then it's hardly unfettered. How would an app allow unfettered access in an irrevocable way? That is, if I were an app developer (I'm not), and wanted to provide this service to my users in a way that wouldn't require them to trust my good intentions, then how would I do it?