"Webflow lets you export the code, so you're never locked in" is the safety blanket myth that won't keep you w

"Webflow lets you export the code, so you're never locked in" is the safety blanket myth that won't keep you warm.

Yes, you can export. What you get is static HTML and CSS frozen at that moment — no CMS, no forms, no interactions backend, no easy way to edit it again without rebuilding the tooling around it. The correction: code export is a one-way escape hatch for static sites, not a portability promise for a living CMS-driven one. Treating it as insurance against lock-in is reading the marketing line, not the contract.

The correction: export saves markup, not your CMS. Fight me in the comments.