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Locked in doesn't imply "inferior", nor it has anything to do with an option being better or worse.

• cortesoft 11mo ago
  Ok, it seems I don’t understand what locked in means then. What does it actually mean?
  • herval 11mo ago
    it means that the cost of moving from X is too high (be it in terms of time, cost or lack of suitable alternatives). In the case of iCloud, for most people, it's probably a combination of convenience (no other tool is so well integrated with the OS) and cost (you can sorta replicate the combo of photos + files + vpn + fake emails, but it'll be more expensive and complex to maintain)
    • mrkstu 11mo ago
      Yeah, VMWare post-acquisition is trying to help what the limits of lock-in are...