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Is this a serious question? The arguments against web apps and the "cloud" should be well-known here.

• clintonb 10y ago
  https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ You mind sharing the knowledge that is so "well-known here"? We aren't all part of a hive mind.
  • phil21 10y ago
    It's too long to really go into, but my personal "old guy" take is that this is yet more of the same cycles computing has always seen. By cycles I mean the constant cycle between centralizing compute power and decentralizing as the economics and benefits shift between those two paradigms. What is being done now on the "cloud" (yes, I hate the term) is simply what was being done with mainframe computing systems 35 years ago, only we have better connectivity and graphics to support the consumer version of it. I expect to see a shift back towards individual "on-prem" devices at some point, but that will probably be another 10-20 years and will take a black swan (or multiple baby black swans) event no one here can predict to happen - just like no one in the mainframe days predicted the consumer Internet. I absolutely agree giving control of the Internet to perhaps 10 total companies that have 90%+ of the content delivery traffic is a horrible idea with only one assured outcome.
    • user5994461 10y ago
      That's not an argument against the cloud. That's an argument for the cloud. The usage follow the evolution of technology. Did mainframe when it was the right tool for the job, will do cloud when it will be the right tool for the job.
  • throw_10000 10y ago
    I'd say that pulling out the xkcd when someone's "question" ends in "Pining for the days of desktop apps for everything isnt going to get you very far." is a bit strange.