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> This is the best-executed vendor lock-in I know. Another good one is microsoft initially tying excel, word, access, etc to windows. And then IIS, SQL Server,
by dotcommand 5y ago
> This is the best-executed vendor lock-in I know.
Another good one is microsoft initially tying excel, word, access, etc to windows. And then IIS, SQL Server, etc to NT. An entire generation of businesses and managers got tied to windows this way.
In a way facebook and social media is a form of "vendor lock-in". The network/community itself and your "investment/time" in facebook makes it costly for many to move to another "facebook" or give up facebook altogether. The more time you spend on facebook and the more people you bring onto facebook, the more "locked-in" you are. It's quite ingenious and I suspect facebook understood this very early on.
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- fuzzylightbulb 5y agoThe former is lock-in. The later example is better described as "network effects", i.e. Facebook is compelling to you because all your friends are on there, and the more of your group that engages on the platform the more valuable it is to you and the harder it is to get everyone to jump in mass to another platform.