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But most of that data stored is things like illegal music and film downloads.[* ] With the rise in popularity of Netflix, Spotify, Pandora, etc. people will on
by Swannie 16y ago
But most of that data stored is things like illegal music and film downloads.[* ]
With the rise in popularity of Netflix, Spotify, Pandora, etc. people will only use local storage for a cache. Why would you waste time downloading it, when it's on tap?
* Media producers are a little different in this respect and are always going to want local storage. However Jacques is mostly talking about the 95% of users who just have few 100mb of docs.
- EwanToo 16y agoThere's a lot of people buying legitimate music and films now you know..? Plus photos and videos that people make themselves will always take up a significant amount of space. I don't dispute that remote storage and streaming will become normal - I just think anyone who looks at the costs and thinks it'll be cheaper than having it locally stored is kidding themselves. It'll definitely be better than having it locally stored, but it'll cost more too.