> For example, interacting with my FriendFeed page involves the coordination of thousands of individual processors and disks owned by a dozen different entities

> For example, interacting with my FriendFeed page involves the coordination of thousands of individual processors and disks owned by a dozen different entities, including you, Facebook, Amazon, Google, your ISP, and many intermediate ISPs. Put that way, the entire idea of "the cloud" sounds scary. I have a sudden urge to replace all the webapps I use with native apps.