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That's honestly really scary and I never thought of that.

N00bN00b 5y ago
There is a counter movement, for example, these guys place a significant role (and as far as I know primarily with a practical focus): https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/ https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/
- bserge 5y ago
  They are the worst pirates I've ever heard of.
  - theodric 5y ago
    If everything I've paid for and supposedly own some right to access can be taken away from me by a wayward algorithm at a moment's notice with zero recourse, you bet your ass I'm going to "pirate" content, even if I still buy it first!
  - jjulius 5y ago
    What a terribly inaccurate, sweeping generalization.
    - BHSPitMonkey 5y ago
      (Pretty sure it was just a joke reference to 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.)
      - jjulius 5y ago
        This isn't going to be the best response of mine by HN standards, but: Well, fuck me.
  - bserge 5y ago
    Ah, but you have heard of them! (gotta do everything myself, but I can go to sleep now :D)
    - LivelyTortoise 5y ago
      If it makes you feel better, I immediately spoke this line in my head after reading your post :-)
    - TeMPOraL 5y ago
      This is HN; best jokes are like apples - hard, but not too hard, and in moderation.
    - jjulius 5y ago
      Well, shit, I apologize for calling your comment a "terribly inaccurate, sweeping generalization" (I can't edit my response, the option isn't there). Well done here, I'm the asshole. :)
  - kbenson 5y ago
    Post in the top 5 of the subreddit currently: "Is there a good self hosted, cross platform OneNote / SimpleNote like app out there ?" Yep, scum of the earth. /s
  - N00bN00b 5y ago
    >They are the worst pirates I've ever heard of. They are. They don't even know how to pirate. The best pirates would never use free open source solutions. They'd just take whatever corporate solution that's the flavor of the day and then use that with anxiety inducing cracks that will give your antivirus a heart attack.
bserge 5y ago
Never heard of Amazon and Apple removing files from users' accounts? It was kinda big news. For a day.
- spicybright 5y ago
  It's not that, it's the risk of permanently losing culturally significant media because of it. Not everyone is a techie that can switch from google's friendly UI, and transfer everything to another safer service that operates differently.
Spooky23 5y ago
I worked as an intern for an archive digitizing old letters among other things. Many aspects of key historical figures are available — letters, etc. You know what they were thinking because you can read some of their personal thoughts. In this day and age, if you’re lucky emails exist, but due to discovery, etc many entities just purge everything. Bad news, this era will be a black hole for future generations to understand. Good news is that the idiocy of this era will be toned down.
- Y_Y 5y ago
  Maybe Google's history department will make some money from their monopoly on the primary sources.
- x0 5y ago
  OTOH, if that sort of data is not purged, it could be far richer than any letter. Many people pretty much use their phones/devices as extensions of their minds, and phones are a very personal, private place.

There is a counter movement, for example, these guys place a significant role (and as far as I know primarily with a practical focus): https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/ https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/

bserge 5y ago
They are the worst pirates I've ever heard of.
- theodric 5y ago
  If everything I've paid for and supposedly own some right to access can be taken away from me by a wayward algorithm at a moment's notice with zero recourse, you bet your ass I'm going to "pirate" content, even if I still buy it first!
- jjulius 5y ago
  What a terribly inaccurate, sweeping generalization.
  - BHSPitMonkey 5y ago
    (Pretty sure it was just a joke reference to 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.)
    - jjulius 5y ago
      This isn't going to be the best response of mine by HN standards, but: Well, fuck me.
- bserge 5y ago
  Ah, but you have heard of them! (gotta do everything myself, but I can go to sleep now :D)
  - LivelyTortoise 5y ago
    If it makes you feel better, I immediately spoke this line in my head after reading your post :-)
  - TeMPOraL 5y ago
    This is HN; best jokes are like apples - hard, but not too hard, and in moderation.
  - jjulius 5y ago
    Well, shit, I apologize for calling your comment a "terribly inaccurate, sweeping generalization" (I can't edit my response, the option isn't there). Well done here, I'm the asshole. :)
- kbenson 5y ago
  Post in the top 5 of the subreddit currently: "Is there a good self hosted, cross platform OneNote / SimpleNote like app out there ?" Yep, scum of the earth. /s
- N00bN00b 5y ago
  >They are the worst pirates I've ever heard of. They are. They don't even know how to pirate. The best pirates would never use free open source solutions. They'd just take whatever corporate solution that's the flavor of the day and then use that with anxiety inducing cracks that will give your antivirus a heart attack.

bserge 5y ago

Never heard of Amazon and Apple removing files from users' accounts? It was kinda big news. For a day.

spicybright 5y ago
It's not that, it's the risk of permanently losing culturally significant media because of it. Not everyone is a techie that can switch from google's friendly UI, and transfer everything to another safer service that operates differently.

Spooky23 5y ago

I worked as an intern for an archive digitizing old letters among other things. Many aspects of key historical figures are available — letters, etc. You know what they were thinking because you can read some of their personal thoughts. In this day and age, if you’re lucky emails exist, but due to discovery, etc many entities just purge everything. Bad news, this era will be a black hole for future generations to understand. Good news is that the idiocy of this era will be toned down.

Y_Y 5y ago
Maybe Google's history department will make some money from their monopoly on the primary sources.
x0 5y ago
OTOH, if that sort of data is not purged, it could be far richer than any letter. Many people pretty much use their phones/devices as extensions of their minds, and phones are a very personal, private place.