You can also do sharding on mysql, or use foundation, or any number of other platforms that are mysql compatible as I said... lock-in means that you don't have the ability to migrate relatively easily. In this case, your application layer likely wouldn't need to change at all.
They've even mentioned it's pretty much a click-through to migrate from mysql... to me that seems like the opposite of lock-in.
As to only being able to use their infrastructure to scale this way, that's a value-add.. that's part of why you pay for SaaS instead of developing your own infrastructure. This is why you're renting instead of buying.
They've even mentioned it's pretty much a click-through to migrate from mysql... to me that seems like the opposite of lock-in.
As to only being able to use their infrastructure to scale this way, that's a value-add.. that's part of why you pay for SaaS instead of developing your own infrastructure. This is why you're renting instead of buying.