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Tech companies are not like other companies because they can trivially create vendor lock-in without any geographic constraints on where the customers are. In
by kazinator 1y ago
Tech companies are not like other companies because they can trivially create vendor lock-in without any geographic constraints on where the customers are.
In fact, it's harder to avoid vendor-lock in in tech; it takes extra work to open things up, possibly a lot of extra work.
Even a well-intentioned open-source program can garner a user base which can't easily migrate off it.
- robertlagrant 1y agoThe customer is responsible for avoiding vendor lock-in, not the vendor.
- danaris 1y agoThen let's use regulation to flip that around, and put the onus on the party that a) is making money off it b) has a vested interest in increasing lock-in c) is a singular entity, not a dispersed set of individuals d) is doing this as part of something specific and organized, rather than just trying to go about their daily lives, buying an orange here and a smartphone there
- kazinator 1y agoSure! Don't like your country's passport application website? I'm sure debian.org has an alternative for you.
- robertlagrant 1y agoWhat do you propose? A country builds multiple passport application website for you to choose from?