SaaS Is Just Vendor Lock-In with Better Branding
Posted by pistoriusp@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Posted by pistoriusp@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Mysterious-Rent7233@reddit
The content marketing is so annoying.
This company sells: "RedwoodSDK: a React framework for Cloudflare". So it's a product that helps you to become utterly dependent on Cloudflare, including connectors to all of Cloudflare's proprietary tools like D1, Workers KV etc.
And yet the headline is arguing against Vendor Lock-In.
pistoriusp@reddit (OP)
Sorry to annoy you. I'm a real person with real opinions, building an open source framework...
I'm not arguing against vendor lock in, I'm saying that everything has vendor lock-in... But with some options you end up paying way more than just the monthly fee.
People often complain that we're building a framework that induces vendor lock-in, and I'm not arguing against that. I'm just saying the alternatives aren't free of lock in either, and they end up costing way more than just the monthly subscription.
Mysterious-Rent7233@reddit
The headline implies that you're going to offer a solution to Vendor Lock-In. I'd suggest something along the lines of (after word-smithing): "Vendor Lock-In isn't the problem: scattered SAAS dependencies are the problem." Or "Software development is not a smorgasbord." Or: "Vendor Lock-In is inevitable, but it doesn't need to make you insane"
Fundamentally, your differentiator is not obviating vendor lock-in, so its awkward to lead with that.
pistoriusp@reddit (OP)
You're wrong. There's absolutely no implication that I'm offering a solution to vendor lock-in in the title.
I'm literally saying "SaaS is vendor lock-in."