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Re:Ask HN: Are we too lenient on Google and Apple? by andrewljohnson on Saturday January 09, 2010 @10:38PM (#1042576)
Vendor lock in is not evil, in of itself. Almost every single product in the world is proprietary. The problem with Microsoft's lock-in is they controlled 98% of desktop computing. I would argue vendor lock-in even leads to better products, since the developer don't have to worry about interoperability.

Monopolies are the real problem. Apple can go have it's little slice of the cellphone market for all I care. Google is getting monopolistically scary though.

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Re:Ask HN: Are we too lenient on Google and Apple? by docgnome on Thursday January 14, 2010 @07:34PM (#1053946)
"I would argue vendor lock-in even leads to better products, since the developer don't have to worry about interoperability. Monopolies are the real problem."

Aren't monopolies the logical conclusion of vendor lock-in that is allowed to flourish? By your logic, monopolies are even better for developers because they they REALLY never have to worry about interoperability.

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