Danielle Fong warned that such absolute lock-in causes pain
If you had to lock into one product ecosystem right now for the next 5 years, who are you picking?
You have to use maximally their hardware, software, login, AI, everything. You can fill holes with generics but you can't have anything top-tier unless it's your megacorp.
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Many users reacted with extreme hostility to a five-year lock-in with any major tech ecosystem, describing Apple, Microsoft, Azure, and Windows 11 as so intolerable they would prefer drastic alternatives.
@deepfates it would be apple by a mile except their ai is nonexistent so i guess google it is
If you had to lock into one product ecosystem right now for the next 5 years, who are you picking?
You have to use maximally their hardware, software, login, AI, everything. You can fill holes with generics but you can't have anything top-tier unless it's your megacorp.
Explain
@deepfates is “linux” an option
@deepfates Can I kill myself?
@tenobrus You don't think they're going to partner with somebody in the next 5 years?
@deepfates i would much rather not be allowed to install any Unfree Software on my computer than to have to use a proprietary OS
@deepfates pain
If you had to lock into one product ecosystem right now for the next 5 years, who are you picking?
You have to use maximally their hardware, software, login, AI, everything. You can fill holes with generics but you can't have anything top-tier unless it's your megacorp.
Explain
@1thousandfaces_ You'll have to go through me
@deepfates Too many Google horror stories floating around. Too many personal bad experiences with Microsoft. Apple I guess ugh
@mpopv What horror stories??
@deepfates gotta be apple
@runaway_vol Thank you for explaining
I hate windows so Microsoft is out. Really miserable considering Apple and Linux.
I recently upgraded to a Mac for the first time in my life and it is very nice. Apple hardware is pretty good but the software is kind of annoying. They've done great at extracting and defending their moat but there is no real ecosystem growth.
I use Google Login for everything and pixel phones. They're lagging but I think Google is the most well rounded and best capitalized going forward. Really difficult to commit to someone else without accepting pretty steep limitations. Google is setup well here and hasn't been afraid of expanding the ecosystem even if rollouts are lacking vs the best in class. Maybe you give up peak in specific sub categories but Google is the least annoying across every ecosystem sub category.
@reed_barnes everybody's like you have to use a Chromebook but I said you can use generic stuff so I'm not sure why we're not doing lenovos with Linux or whatever
@deepfates i would have no problem answering Apple if AI wasn’t included. would take Google if I had to but for the same. if microsoft was the only option i would simply go off-grid until 2031
@deepfates I vaguely recall one recently like “I lost access to all my family photos and my SaaS business because Google incorrectly flagged some synced photo of my kid as CSAM and support won’t respond”
@deepfates google, unmatched training set and portability, they just need to get their shit together on gemini
@deepfates Google seems like the best option here, as a bonus I'll use my phone less since it's an Android
Google also at least has AI models rather than whatever Apple Intelligence is
@deepfates as much as I would dislike having to use apple mail, passwords, etc... there is simply no universe where I am mediating my digital life through a Chromebook
@deepfates i'm going google assuming open-source is out on Apple and you can only use official apple models.
@deepfates Windows 11 is so bad that anyone picking MS should be observed for 72 hours for their own safety. It’s slow, the sso doesn’t work right, it forgets about external storage and network locations, and it reboots constantly without permission
