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Yup, which is how much of the world still lives. Spotty internet access at best
by tomc1985 8y ago
Yup, which is how much of the world still lives. Spotty internet access at best
- melling 8y agoThat’s why you don’t see rapid iteration in the rest of the world. Google, Apple, Amazon can update their voice devices continuously without a local software release. If the next generation voice algorithms needs twice as much hardware, your $30 device will still work because the processing is in the cloud. Video games, for example, have been trying to move to the cloud. Put all the code in the cloud and just send the pixels
- tomc1985 8y agoI don't want rapid (rabid?) iteration, I want shit that works. "The cloud" is little more than a hyped-up, glorified business objective; human beings shouldn't have to be connected to the hive mind to enjoy the full benefits of technology. Nothing smacks of SV-style elitism more than the proliferation of "the cloud" And you can pry my locally-installed videogames from my cold-dead hands. I hope every single streaming startup in that sector fails spectacularly.
- melling 8y agoI guess you’ll have to wait until someone serves your market niche. Hopefully, with 100 million Amazon devices, and growing fast, you’ll have your product within a decade or two.
- tomc1985 8y agoWhich is fine, as my life is perfectly great without. I like your assumption that all innovation is supposedly good... And it's 100 million amazon devices because Amazon pushes them relentlessly and has been for some time. Their utility is questionable, even the article mentions that. Did you know over 3 billion devices run Java?
- melling 8y agoYes, I do know. Not sure how that’s relevant.
- ionised 8y agoShit that works is a niche market now?
- ionised 8y ago> Video games, for example, have been trying to move to the cloud Trying and failing for a decade or more, because people like low latency and being able to customise things.