It's a fair reading to suggest that developers, having wrestled with deeply customised AI integrations, might find the concept of simply redirecting API calls incredibly appealing due to the stark contrast with prior operational friction.
However, while this previous pain certainly highlights the value of low switching costs, it doesn't create them; the inherent ease of shifting between API-based models comes from their modular design, not from the struggles of older, more embedded systems.
Think of it like being stuck on a slow, expensive fibre broadband contract and then discovering a simple, cheap mobile broadband option – the old contract's difficulties don't make the new one easy; they just make its existing ease much more noticeable.