@avocado_toast @gleick @pluralistic maybe so, but lock-in mechanisms are a serious and recognised phenomena across technology that cannot be discounted. I am one of the cases Doctorow mentions: I emigrated twice and the bog standard social media is the only place I can keep in touch with family and friends. I left Insta this week, but I know it will make my world a little smaller - and what with Covid and general migrant difficulties, it is already rather small 😢