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the confusion and distress starts with assuming its "your own pc". for at least a decade now the winning and profitable design pattern wants user devices turnin
by streamofdigits 5y ago
the confusion and distress starts with assuming its "your own pc". for at least a decade now the winning and profitable design pattern wants user devices turning into thin clients. the chromebook-ification of computing if you wish, or its X-terminalization [0] for somewhat older people
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_terminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_terminal
- Ygg2 5y agoBut if my client is thin, why would I buy hardware? I.e. this runs counter to hardware makers goals.
- streamofdigits 5y agothey switch towards selling hardware to datacenters
- Ygg2 5y agoAssuming they all can. Still, that presupposed we will be able to connect to the datacenters in the future.
- streamofdigits 5y agoto be honest I suspect everybody (including Microsoft) got wrong-footed by the mobile explosion. this redefined what personal computing means by placing simpler devices in the hands of billions. maybe its just a matter of time before the pendulum swings back and we get really cool hardware repatriated to homes / desktops offering features that would be suboptimal in a thin client setup (due to latency, privacy etc)
- Arwill 5y agoWindows is my offline desktop OS. I keep it around specifically because i want it to be that way. I'm fine with a locked down Android phone, as that is a different use-case. Microsoft already failed with its locked-down ARM Windows version once. If the users wanted such an Windows OS, it would have not failed.