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iceninenines · 2019-03-03 16:06:21

Not another vendor-lock-in package manager. And, very predictably, no end-to-end integrity and nonrepudiation. smh.

smcleod | karma 8476 | avg karma 6.43 · | 2023-11-07 04:53:35

More non-standard, closed source, vendor lock in.

nsonha | karma 713 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2023-11-15 21:31:17

vendor agnostic doesn't exist

miohtama | karma 9783 | avg karma 4.13 · | 2023-04-05 06:32:38

Microsoft would never do vendor lock-in (:

nullc | karma 17907 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2013-07-24 18:54:05

Vendor lock-in isn't good for users either.

plagiarist | karma 1053 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2023-07-06 14:02:50

I try to avoid all products with vendor lock-in specifically because it is so predictable.

zetabyte | karma 5 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2018-09-24 03:06:10

Nah.. Just another closed source browser for `vendor lock-in`. no thanks.

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nikisweeting | karma 2396 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2020-12-10 01:38:31+00:00

Vendoring is a last resort, that sounds like going back to the stone ages of package management. Why would I want that?

craftyguy | karma 7076 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2019-05-23 12:48:03

I don't see vendor lock-in as a net win for anyone but the vendor.

kelnos | karma 35726 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2023-09-08 02:56:21

I guess you haven't ever heard of vendor lock-in.

solarkraft | karma 8658 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2022-08-20 14:19:06

You do lock yourself into the software, but at least not a vendor.

res0nat0r | karma 6030 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2014-11-14 16:40:56+00:00

This doesn't seem to have any relevance to "vendor lock-in" though.

whatsmyusername | karma -2 | avg karma -0.01 · | 2020-11-09 19:53:00+00:00

Normally I don't give a crap about vendor lock-in, but this would be an exception where I'd agree with you.

Though most people are just going to use a framework plugin to manage the messaging layer, so what's behind that is largely irrelevant.

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runjake | karma 12875 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2011-09-16 16:52:57+00:00

"Vendor" lock-in is everywhere, for the most part. Yeah, if I didn't like something Linux, Apache, GNOME, etc were doing, I could fork the source and go my own way, but is that realistic for even 99% of the people out there?

No. I'll still have to venture off and find an alternative or just deal with it.

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ukuina | karma 1113 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2024-02-19 20:40:00

Why is vendor lock-in a concern if no other vendor offers that functionality?

TheBlight | karma 954 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2020-05-16 20:39:43+00:00

Avoiding vendor lock-in is the only quasi-sane reason I can think of.

undreren | karma 968 | avg karma 6.37 · | 2021-04-08 16:36:53+00:00

If anything, vendor lock-in is consistently underblown.

brap | karma 2036 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2023-09-27 19:33:39

I’m surprised it didn’t mention vendor lock-in, which is definitely a selling point for open source.

nawitus | karma 3654 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2016-07-18 16:49:28+00:00

Locked in maybe, but not vendor locked in if the language is open source.

Zpirate | karma -11 | avg karma -0.73 · | 2011-02-06 09:26:06

It would be unwise to submit to vendor lock-in.