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I'd claim that also before the customers were locked into existing product. What is different is that in former days they were much more willing to get away fro
by aleph_minus_one 2y ago
I'd claim that also before the customers were locked into existing product. What is different is that in former days they were much more willing to get away from this lock-in.
The reason for this that I consider to be the most plausible one is that society has become more conservative (i.e. less willing to change things or try out new things).
- graemep 2y agoLock is has been a problem for a long time, but I think the lock in is stronger. You have dependencies between multiple systems, dependencies between systems, data that is no longer stored locally on machines you control, etc.