A minor point: We need to take care to distinguish #NetworkEffects versus #SwitchingCosts.
A “network effect” is often good for the people affected (more people in the system makes it more appealing to join that system) and we typically want that effect.
A “switching cost” is typically bad for the people affected: Anyone already in the system, must give up something when they try to leave.
We need to *lower* the hostile switching costs, and retain the beneficial network effect.
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My problem is #SwitchingCosts. Not money but time and effort.
Long ago I used iTunes but had my local collection destroyed (twice!) by something they called iTunes Music Match. So --> Spotify.
When I started hobby coding I wanted a project in line with my interests, eg, music. The Spotify API was free and understandable by a noob. Apple makes you pay to even see the API. Tidal has no public free API. Deezer did but now it doesn't. (All last I checked; while ago)
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“Live, ongoing connections to people – not your old posts or your identifiers – impose the highest switching costs for any social media service,” argues Cory Doctorow in a recent post. Well, yeah, but hear me out.
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“Live, ongoing connections to people – not your old posts or your identifiers – impose the highest switching costs for any social media service,” argues Cory Doctorow in a recent post. Well, yeah, …
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