alt Hacker News> But once AIs become your lifetime companion that know everything there is to know about you and the lock-in is maximized
Why? It's just a bunch of text. They are forced by law to allow you to export your data - so you just take your life's "novel" and copy paste it into their competition's robot.
It's never quite that straightforward, or perceived as that straightforward. That's why most people just renew their insurance as it's easier than messing about changing and worrying if it will be any better. And how easy is it to transfer emails to another provider?