Hacker News with Generative AI: Vendor Lock-in

Going to the cloud' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor (berthub.eu)
The very brief version: “going to the cloud” can mean renting services/servers that you could get from anywhere. There’s little lock-in. The same four words “going to the cloud” might also mean locking your operations to a specific cloud provider, whose proprietary services will now be part of your business processes “forever”. Be specific which variant of cloud you are signing off on!
Cloud Computing, Technology, Business, Vendor Lock-in
5 points by kimi 4 days ago | 0 comments
Ollama are 'try[ing to] achieve vendor lock-in' (github.com/ggerganov)
Ollama, Vendor Lock-in, Open Source, AI, Software
17 points by alexmorley 112 days ago | 5 comments
Avoiding Authentication System Lock-In (fusionauth.io)
Years ago your team decided to use a third-party authentication system to avoid the time and cost of building one in-house. But now a better option has hit the market and you’re wanting to make the switch. Except, hold on, your old system is so deeply ingrained into your organization that you’re practically locked-in to your current vendor.
Authentication, Security, Software, Business, Vendor Lock-in
14 points by mooreds 124 days ago | 0 comments
Passkeys are primarily about vendor lock-in (ycombinator.com)
With Microsoft's latest admission that they're FORCING everybody to use passkeys, it really gives one a moment of pause to reflect.
Security, Passkeys, Microsoft, Vendor Lock-in
20 points by srevenant 155 days ago | 12 comments