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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.

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    Platform Mechanics Entry #0296

    Why open standards lose to closed ones with better defaults

    Nobody chooses a format. They accept the one that works without configuration, and the better committee loses to the better installer.

    Novice
    The hidden part #0296

    A standard that must be chosen competes against one that is already selected. Increasing returns then make the early gap permanent.

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