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> Losing your cloud account can cost you decades of your family photos. Losing access to your media account can cost you access to thousands of dollars’ worth o
by HenryKissinger 5y ago
> Losing your cloud account can cost you decades of your family photos. Losing access to your media account can cost you access to thousands of dollars’ worth of music, movies, audiobooks and ebooks. Losing your IoT account can render your whole home uninhabitable, freezing the door locks while bricking your thermostat, burglar alarm and security cameras.
I keep all my personal data on my local machine, which I periodically back up to an external hard drive. My music library is a collection of raw audio files in my "Music" folder, which I play with Windows Media Player or VLC Media Player when WMP can't handle the format. I don't rely on a third party. Same with everything else. I don't use any Internet of Things device, and never intend to.
I also don't use any Facebook or Apple product or service. If the major tech companies failed overnight, I would lose the ability to discover new music through YouTube, but my life wouldn't be affected otherwise.
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- cube00 5y agoUnsolicited backup advice: 3-2-1 - make sure you have a copy offsite.
- DesiLurker 5y agoI do a amazon glacier for most important data. but then I do have other cloud storage besides my home NAS. that said I wouldn't lose any sleep if all the FAANGs were to go offline for a while.
- cube00 5y agoJust make sure you've fully done the sums on how much it will cost to get your data back out from Glacier. https://www.arqbackup.com/aws-glacier-pricing.html https://www.arqbackup.com/aws-glacier-pricing.html
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoYes, you do that... but many Average Joes and Aunt Marges don't... they buy a phone, click the default settings, and their data gets sent to the cloud... when the storage on the phone is used up, the phone recommends deleting old, backed up photos, and they click yes. Then they argue about trump/vaccines/... whatever, and get banned, and lose everything.