Gyms are compatible which each other in the sense that you can train your body in any of them. If your office building collapses, you can move to another one offering basically the same facilities. The same is often not true for your data that you manage using some SaaS product. For example, should Trello shut down, then even if you can export all your data in some JSON or XML format, there would be no other software where you can continue to use that data in a fashion remotely equal to Trello. Or should GitHub shut down, you'd still have the contents your Git repository, but you couldn't just move your GitHub Actions (and whatever else they provide) to some other service.
Services are heavily incentivised to lock in their users with proprietary features, so that users can't easily migrate to a competitor. And that's what comes back to bite you when a service shuts down.
Of course, a regulation like the GP proposes would be difficult due to IP rights and third-party licensing. It's more that users should avoid services that lock them in.
Services are heavily incentivised to lock in their users with proprietary features, so that users can't easily migrate to a competitor. And that's what comes back to bite you when a service shuts down.
Of course, a regulation like the GP proposes would be difficult due to IP rights and third-party licensing. It's more that users should avoid services that lock them in.