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And the web has the greatest benefit of all: no proprietary-ness, no walled gardens. Web apps typically end up storing all your data on somebody else's system,

And the web has the greatest benefit of all: no proprietary-ness, no walled gardens. Web apps typically end up storing all your data on somebody else's system, and they can limit or revoke your access at any time. I don't see how that's less proprietary than local apps.

jlongster 16y ago
There's a difference between data and software. Free software important. Free data is important, too, but local/remote storage is a different issue than proprietary/cross-platform software.