[Flammy]

How long until someone creates a little service to export your contacts via the LinkedIn API? One might even exist already.

The especially annoying thing is LinkedIn is simply trying to increase the barrier to leaving by adding inconvenience rather than adding value to the service.

[bradmccarty]

The problem with this actually is the LinkedIn API. LI has restricted it so heavily that you can't use the API to export data - http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/02/12/linkedin-takes-aim-devel...

The only alternative is to apply to the Partner Program, which will likely be denied given LI's history.