Ask HN: What vendor you'd switch out if a better option was available?

I would replace them with an open source solution if at all possible. Replacing a vendor with yet another vendor is a waste if I run into the same problems of a vendor controlling the solution. It's all companies chasing moats and cashflow to build value for their shareholders or to sell to private equity. Is one vendor better than another? Maybe, for a while, but it never lasts.

Through LLM tokens we work towards digital sovereignty. The goal is to have someone else host it as cost efficiently as possible, with an exit path always available to self hosting if needed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

inference providers

spotify for sure, working on that

kinda anything. why wouldn't i switch if there's something better?

i have that kind of brand loyalty with local small shops maybe, where there's a relationship. but not corporate online brands.

Switched from Spotify to Deezer. I prefer Slack to alternatives, Teams is miserable.

Any of them of course. Why wouldn't you swap to a better option?

i prefer soundcloud i have switched to it a while ago its better and free as well as you tend to get more freedom exploring content from new artist more slack is pretty good already so wont prefer swaping it

From Deezer to Spotify many years ago From Opera to Firefox many many years ago From Winzip to WinRar many many years ago From Gemini to ChatGPT a couple of years ago

I wish there was an alternative to Carbonite (unlimited storage, my encryption) that doesn't hide the VAT until the checkout so they don't trick on the pricing (for us Europeans)

I would replace Teams in a heartbeat. It's not about availability, it's about license structure and bundling.

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Presumably all of them, as this is the simple definition of “better.”

Ah, literate humanity, I’ll miss you in my dotage.