We want people to use Portal because it's the best way to run their stuff, not because of any kind of lock in. Making it easy to move away from Portal will be a

We want people to use Portal because it's the best way to run their stuff, not because of any kind of lock in. Making it easy to move away from Portal will be a core feature. If there aren't good alternatives, we may make it possible to download and run the Portal system on your own machine. Making it easy to export data might be easy enough. Ultimately though, there's no way to have a server in the cloud without relying on someone, so we're trying to build the ideal service for people who want privacy, performance, security, and freedom. We hope other people will build similar services, so users have choice, and we will cooperate with anyone who has an open platform.