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1 year ago

in Data Portability Evangelists Get Out of Line on Social Times
I'd say that it depends on the service. If I'm using an online solution to track my finances, or manage my businesses project timelines, then I need the security of portable data. If the service were to disappear one day, I would need to be able to replace it.

Social sites are a reflection of something that I already own. As I encourage friends to join and build out a network, the online persona starts to look more like the reality. Making that data portable would make it easier for me to jump ship and move to a new service, but nothing would be irreparably lost if I had to start again somewhere new.
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