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But if they die?

• nine_k 7y ago
  ...or just run out of money? Storage must be local, physicslly user-controlled. All online stuff is a backup only.
  • rjf72 7y ago
    On top of this there is currently a push for a mix of censorship and 'compulsory removal' on the internet. For instance the Canadian Supreme Court ruling Canada can force Google to remove worldwide results for something, the UK censoring increasingly arbitrary things, or various 'right to be forgotten' type laws. And of course there are also intellectual property lobbyists and special interests pushing for ever more draconian rules on that front. Any centralized online site that aggregates other data has an, at best, unclear future ahead of it. Really though, centralized is the key word. The internet so desperately needs to migrate to decentralization but we're collectively about as inertial as an 882 foot long, 46,328 ton tanker, built in 1909.
  • basch 7y ago
    why cant backup be local, user controlled? revenue looks like hes doing just fine. https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/07/eight_years_of_victory/ https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/07/eight_years_of_victory/ https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=idlewords https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=idlewords