It’s often very hard to make good metaphors about modern business practices in the tech industry. Imagine a stove that won’t heat your pots and pans if they are not from the same manufacturer as the stove. Imagine a pens and pencils that don’t write if you try to use it from paper that’s not from one of the pen manufacturers’ partners. These ideas are so absurdly inconceivable in other industries that metaphors don’t make sense, but these sort of practice are the norm in tech nowadays.
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I teach in higher ed, and absolutely this, especially trying to critciize, e.g. Canvas.
Why would you require / expect high quality from forcing your blackboards and chairs and pencils and calculators and chalk and gradebooks and bluebooks ALL BE FROM THE SAME COMPANY?
It seems obvious to me, but I'm a tech geek. People just seem cool rolling along with this.
@whynothugo It doesn't seem that unusual outside of the tech industry.
For shavers, we've gone from safety razors taking standard blades to razors that only fit cartridges from the manufacturer. Vacuum cleaners often require bags specific to their model, etc.
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