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Posted on June 3, 2019June 3, 2019

Trying to Avoid Lock-In Mostly Leads to Just Different Lock-In – Worry About Business Outcomes Instead

I’ve heard so many arguments about lock-in from different people, and I’ve seen people do all kinds of crazy things to avoid it.

In my mind it’s pretty simple:

Lock-in is unavoidable.

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