Lock-in is of course a concern, but that hasn't prevent some AWS services from taking off big time. Perhaps in the near future one will see an open source project that offers an off-the-shelf backend with a Parse-compatible API, much like what happened to S3 and etc.
Huh. I kind of like that. It's a natural anti-monopoly. The service becomes more attractive the more API-compatible competitors it has.
I wonder how they're gaming out that threat. I mean, with an ordinary web host, it's kind of a hassle to switch providers. With something like this, it would take a one-line change and a one-button data-import tool to switch to a cheaper API-compatible provider, right? Talk about a commodity service ...
Huh. I kind of like that. It's a natural anti-monopoly. The service becomes more attractive the more API-compatible competitors it has.
I wonder how they're gaming out that threat. I mean, with an ordinary web host, it's kind of a hassle to switch providers. With something like this, it would take a one-line change and a one-button data-import tool to switch to a cheaper API-compatible provider, right? Talk about a commodity service ...