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That doesn't make lock-in any better and less of a crooked practice. MS execs actually quite explicitly verbalized the idea of it in the past: https://en.wiki
by shmerl 5y ago
That doesn't make lock-in any better and less of a crooked practice.
MS execs actually quite explicitly verbalized the idea of it in the past:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Vendor_lock-in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Vendor_...
This applies here very well too.
- klodolph 5y agoOh, I was really hoping that we were having a discussion about the historical reasons why Metal and DX12 exist. Complaining about how evil Apple and Microsoft are was fun and all in the 1990s when I was a kid hanging out on Slashdot, but I'm just kinda bored of it now.
- shmerl 5y agoWhitewashing lock-in doesn't make your arguments sound any more reasonable. It was bad in the '90s and it is bad today ;)