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People use the cloud because they are being forced through the software user interfaces. Working with local files takes increasingly more steps compared to clou
by RedShift1 6y ago
People use the cloud because they are being forced through the software user interfaces. Working with local files takes increasingly more steps compared to cloud based solutions. So I wouldn't exactly say that people are ok with it, it feels more like they choice is being made for them.
- jay_kyburz 6y agoIf web pages could be more easily given access to a directory on your filesystem, Google Docs could more easily show you you files in your Documents folder.
- zozbot234 6y ago'Access to shared data' for proprietary, untrusted "apps" is an anti-pattern that even iOS and Android are now getting away from. If a JavaScript app needs to access some sort of complex directory structure, that can happen within current API's by locally "uploading" and "downloading" a standard archive format, e.g. a .ZIP file.
- southerntofu 6y agoRunning code from untrusted sources (Javascript/WASM in the browser) is an anti-pattern. It causes all sorts of problems and vulnerabilities.
- diffeomorphism 6y agoIf web pages had a harder time getting their fingers on online data, that would give the same outcome.