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woeirua 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI's Affordability Crisis

How can you lock in when the harnesses are basically thin clients around the APIs and you can replicate them using agents in a short period of time? I haven't seen a compelling thesis yet for how you achieve vendor lock in for LLMs. Claude Code is a bit sticky, but if we're being honest its just because Codex doesn't have all the same features yet.

Catloafdev 39 days ago [–]

Because it's not about consumer lock-in, it's about enterprise lock-in. That's what they're chasing. Regular users are basically marketing.

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