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Jason Evanish's mental models

2 claims Jason Evanish made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Lock-in and switching costs, Network effects. Everything they said here.

Models they name

Their own words name the idea.

Lock-in and switching costs

People stay with what they would not choose again because leaving costs more than staying; watch who sets that cost.

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As AI gets better at navigating and extracting data, switching costs between software tools will keep falling.

  1. Jason Evanish Founder and CEO of Get Lighthouse Every time AI gets better at navigating systems and organizing and extracting data, switching costs drop further. The SaaS Reset: Why SaaS is changing, not going away.jasonevanish.com · 18 Feb 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsEvery time AI gets better at navigating systems and organizing and extracting data, switching costs drop further.

    ↗The SaaS Reset: Why SaaS is changing, not going away.jasonevanish.com

    18 Feb 2026

Models we see in what they say

Our reading: their claim applies the idea without naming it. The claim is theirs; filing it here is ours.

Network effects

Something worth more to each user the more users it has; a strong defence, but not one that lasts by itself.

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Network effects protect a company from competition longer than any data-based lock-in does.

  1. Jason Evanish Founder and CEO of Get Lighthouse As long as the network keeps delivering on its core value, that buys more time than any data lock-in strategy. The SaaS Reset: Why SaaS is changing, not going away.jasonevanish.com · 18 Feb 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsAs long as the network keeps delivering on its core value, that buys more time than any data lock-in strategy.

    ↗The SaaS Reset: Why SaaS is changing, not going away.jasonevanish.com

    18 Feb 2026