Is it really "lock-in" if you use it because it's cheaper and better for you and migrating somewhere else is as simple as a database export?
I can see something like DynamoDB being vendor lock-in since you can't just download your data into your own self-hosted DynamoDB instance, but if you're using a standard off-the-shelf RDS database (MySql, PostgreSQL, Sql/Server, etc), I don't think you can call it lock in when you're staying only because it's easier than running it yourself.
I can see something like DynamoDB being vendor lock-in since you can't just download your data into your own self-hosted DynamoDB instance, but if you're using a standard off-the-shelf RDS database (MySql, PostgreSQL, Sql/Server, etc), I don't think you can call it lock in when you're staying only because it's easier than running it yourself.