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You are probably right. But perhaps this will change in the future for some kind of services.

• reitoei 11y ago
  Not probably right, absolutely right. And no, it won't change in the future. 99.99999% of regular people couldn't give a crap about underlying architecture or engineering.
  • pmlnr 11y ago
    Sustainability != engineering or architecture, it's about not losing your own data ( and memories with them ); so if more and more people are effected with DMCA takedows, 3 strike policies, they might become interested. See http://justhugo.com/2015/10/16/freedom/ http://justhugo.com/2015/10/16/freedom/ for example.
    • reitoei 11y ago
      It matters to you, me, other hacker news users, and the guy in the article with the "code is poetry" tattoo (shudder)... but not your average user. IMHO.
    • pjc50 11y ago
      Non-technical people are going to be at more risk of total data loss if they try to store it themselves, sadly. This is a big part of why cloud services have taken off: they're outsourcing all the sysadmin for you. Takedowns are never going to go beyond a fraction of a percent of the population.
  • EGreg 11y ago
    Regular people don't but organizations do. Having control over your own open source installation means: Not worrying about being charged Being able to install the plugins you want Being able to customize themes and appearance Having sensitive info stay in-house Not having to put up with a one-size-fits-all policy for eg comments or real names