MCP: The New Vendor Lock-In, Dressed Up as a Standard
Every few years, the infrastructure industry invents a new way to sell you complexity.
First it was hardware appliances - proprietary boxes that went end-of-life every three years, forcing expensive upgrades. Then it was proprietary software platforms - lock-in disguised as "integrated solutions." Now it's MCP.
The Model Context Protocol is being positioned as the "USB-C for AI" - a universal standard for connecting AI agents to external systems. 97 million SDK downloads. Big tech backing. The narrative says it's already won.
I don't buy it.