But if the IoT lightbulb can only be controlled through a vendor-provided cloud infrastructure, then it's lock-in.
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
Lock-in is an active choice to put your control (usually aimed at monetization or monopolization) above user interests.
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Replying to @RichFelker
Most people don't think that deeply or have that intent. It can be as simple as only wanting to support one way of doing things.
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Replying to @kelseyhightower
I went too far/spoke imprecisely in implying malicious intent.
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
But if you haven't thought about "what happens to our users if we go under?" or "...if we get bought by bad people?" ...
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Replying to @RichFelker @kelseyhightower
...then you're not acting responsibly, and "lock-in" is one of the negative outcomes that may result.
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Replying to @RichFelker
Who has owns the responsibility? The producer; the consumer? Many don't understand the tradeoff, we might be assuming too much.
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Replying to @kelseyhightower
My worldview on business is that, when you run a business, you take on responsibility for its impacts on the world.
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Replying to @RichFelker
This I agree with, but some companies don't understand how to build or create open solutions; and is that a requirement?
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Replying to @kelseyhightower
There's a big spectrum between open and lock-in.
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Not exactly a spectrum, more like separate dimensions. As you noted some open things can impose lock-in. See systemd & fdo.
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