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by michaelcampbell 2141 days ago
What bothers you more; "one", or this particular company?
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For me; both.

"one" because it is too much of a situation of "all of your eggs in one basket". I understand why people heavily invest in a specific ecosystem but I feel it's short-termism. I would be open to the argument however that tech moves so quickly that short-termism doesn't really apply to most consumer products.

"particular company" because Google has been a bad actor in all of the projects I have personally been involved with where they have been involved. This is purely a personal anecdote and YMMV (and probably does). I am sure I am an exception with this opinion.

To me it more resembles telling your secret to one trusted friend vs telling everyone you know.