If a component from one manufacturer becomes unavailable (or that manuf. isn't playing "fair"), another one can usually be sourced.
That said, I think that: "don't make your service depend on other services without some sort of contract or agreement to provide" is a better rule of thumb than the one above.
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If a component from one manufacturer becomes unavailable (or that manuf. isn't playing "fair"), another one can usually be sourced.
That said, I think that: "don't make your service depend on other services without some sort of contract or agreement to provide" is a better rule of thumb than the one above.
Additionally, the same model may be sourcing parts from multiple vendors (for instance, laptop displays)
Don't rely on free APIs to stay free. : P