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I first thought it was neat. Personal library, like how Streama is a personal Netflix. Then I saw it's another service owned and controlled by someone else. Do
by occultist_throw 9y ago
I first thought it was neat. Personal library, like how Streama is a personal Netflix. Then I saw it's another service owned and controlled by someone else.
Don't get me wrong, I don't know you, and im not going to assume bad behavior. But this is a treasure trove of data, and you cannot guarantee that if acquired, another party wouldn't exploit it. If it were local or on a machine I controlled, then I could guarantee data security and privacy.
Enough of my life is on the "cloud" controlled by interests that are different, and sometimes oppositional to mine.
Thank you, but no.
- roadbeats 9y agoKozmos saves your bookmarks into your browser first, then syncs with its server. And the database it creates in your browser is open source; https://github.com/kozmos/likedb https://github.com/kozmos/likedb You can hack it the way you'd like.
- occultist_throw 9y agoLike I said, I'm not ascribing any sort of nefarious or dastardly actions by you. It's more of a gut reaction of the idea of "Cloud everything". I'd be much more interested in running my own backend, than frontend db. Yeah, I'm a control freak, I guess. But at least my data stays mine.
- mxuribe 9y agoI agree. In fact, i like it when new products/services offer the option to self-host for free (because code is open source), as well as the option where I can pay them to host it for me (along with a little included support). In my mind, companies that don't offer both, sort of get lumped in with the googles, microsofts, apples, facebooks, snapchats, etc. of the world. Much like other commentaries, I'm not assuming automatic nefarious behavior, but providing options like i noted above, sure goes a long way in building confidence and happy customer relations.