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For every article written about lock-in, hundreds aren't written because people get overwhelmed by technology.
by k__ 5y ago
For every article written about lock-in, hundreds aren't written because people get overwhelmed by technology.
- emodendroket 5y agoLet’s face it, even with no explicit lock-in or proprietary features in use, changing providers is still a pain.
- that_guy_iain 5y agoEspecially if you're a company and you've integrated their services into yours. I was talking about a business idea with someone and they literally mentioned that once you get into a business relationship with a company you're super hard to remove and used the example of customer service outsourcing they experienced. That's not even tech related and they had serious trouble moving away from the provider.
- emodendroket 5y agoYeah, I’ve watched a lot of effort going in to avoiding vendor lock-in that seemed like it was basically a waste of everyone’s time.
- hinkley 5y agoIf you’re going to half-ass the thing, outsourcing might be better. But if you intend to do it right, you have to do it yourself. Doing it right means achieving multipliers. Using each thing you do to improve everything else you do. How do you improve your product when you’ve outsourced customer support? How do you align it with your business philosophy?
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