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Your argument is basically "macOS doesn't lock up your data but it integrates so well with iOS which means I can't help buying an iPhone. And now I have buyer's remorse because iOS DOES lock up my data". You don't need to use these integrations and you don't need to buy an iphone if you don't like your data taken hostage.

There is no vendor lockin with Google when it comes to hardware, the services even work in a browser

> There is no vendor lockin with Google when it comes to hardware

That’s not intentional though, it’s just that their hardware hasn’t been that successful.

I don't think you understand the definition of lock-in.