User complains AI labs lock in users by hoarding personal context they can't export
P4wla · reddit · 2026-11-10
A long-time Claude user posted on Reddit arguing that AI labs hold users' complete personal context without letting them view or export it properly, effectively creating lock-in.
Key points: if they switch agents someday, how do they migrate 3 years of conversations? Existing export/skills tools yield very poor context. Users already pay for the service, so it shouldn't work like Facebook where you pay with your data. The author believes one should stay because the product is best, not because the cost of leaving is too high. They tried keeping context outside the agent in Markdown files but it got messy with too many daily conversations, and are asking the community for better solutions.
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