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The basic problem here is not a tech problem, it's a business problem. Your data is siloed inside a cloud-only app because it means you'll keep paying for it.
by roughly 6y ago
The basic problem here is not a tech problem, it's a business problem.
Your data is siloed inside a cloud-only app because it means you'll keep paying for it. You can't export it or share it to other apps because that'd be competition for the service you're paying for. It's online-only because it makes the entire service useless once you stop paying.
There's technical solutions for this, and they'll get no traction whatsoever so long as it's more profitable to keep people locked into a cloud-based service.
- jolmg 6y agoIt's not just about the recurring-payment part either which makes for a simpler business model to fund updates. Software as a cloud service also makes it easier to provide support to users, it's impossible to pirate, and it's easier to support most platforms.
- eska 6y agoWorking at a hosting provider in the past I realized I'd be out of a job if web browsers implemented native support for torrents real fast.