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> But I think the insight lies between these positions. Even if a new application starts as a wrapper, it can endure if it lives where work is done, writes to p
by mentalgear 11mo ago
> But I think the insight lies between these positions. Even if a new application starts as a wrapper, it can endure if it lives where work is done, writes to proprietary systems of record, builds proprietary data and learns from usage, and/or captures distribution before incumbents bundle the feature.
Basically the same as MS & Social Media did: build a proprietary silo around data, amass enough data, so it will become too big an inconvenience to move away from the first provider.
It's good that the EU has laws now to ensure data interoperability, export & ownership.
- jrvarela56 11mo agoI agree with you in spirit but this harms the potential for these new products to emerge. You’re saying you don’t want them to be able to accrue a data moat. It sounds good for user privacy and optionality later on but it makes it harder for these services to get started as they dont see that model as possible.