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The customer is responsible for avoiding vendor lock-in, not the vendor.


Sure! Don't like your country's passport application website? I'm sure debian.org has an alternative for you.


What do you propose? A country builds multiple passport application website for you to choose from?


Then let's use regulation to flip that around, and put the onus on the party that

a) is making money off it

b) has a vested interest in increasing lock-in

c) is a singular entity, not a dispersed set of individuals

d) is doing this as part of something specific and organized, rather than just trying to go about their daily lives, buying an orange here and a smartphone there




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