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Platform Mechanics
Entry #0285
The reason switching costs are designed, not incidental
Importing data is easy and exporting it is hard. The asymmetry is not an engineering oversight. It is the business model, and the difficulty is the product.
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The hidden part
#0285
The path in is lit because it serves the platform. The path out is dark because it serves the user. The two interests diverge, and the architecture follows the interest it was built to serve.