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This is just as reductionist as saying that all computers or programming languages are the same.

Sure it's true at some level but not a useful distinction if you're a customer or vendor.



It's a useful thing to keep in the back of your head to inoculate yourself against marketing shenanigans.

The basic underlying principle of a product/service should be communicable and relatively universal. The details are of how it's tailored to your specific situation should come with cons and unknowns in other situations.

If it's not communicable and/or sounds like there are no cons they're not being honest about what it is (intentionally or unintentionally).




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