Comment by grey_earthling
3 years ago
> Companies (Google or Apple) are never on the consumers side, and yet we fall for it all the time.
It genuinely surprises me how often the HN crowd falls for it.
I would have expected them to be more aware than the average consumer of how tech companies use lock-in to trap their users.
Perhaps there's a blind spot because lots of HN folks work on projects or for companies that (hope to) use the same tactic?
Convenience is a tough mistress!
Apple phones are simply good to use and work well. Me getting a generic phone and installing Arch Linux in it or something will have little effect on its own. But it will make my life very inconvenient!