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the reason for the cloud is so you don't have to handle hardware failures, maintenance, upgrades, backups, power outages.. etc. All you need is one hardware co
by minalecs 15y ago
the reason for the cloud is so you don't have to handle hardware failures, maintenance, upgrades, backups, power outages.. etc. All you need is one hardware component to go on your home server to die, and be out of your services.. and possibly lose all data.
- 27182818284 15y agoYes. Besides the Four Fundamental Freedoms of Free Software, people have an additional freedom: The freedom to give up their freedom. In my case, my life is greatly simplified by giving up a little freedom and having Google's sysadmins manage the hardware and software for a lot of my personal data. The risk is even less when places like Google and Facebook allow you to export your data.