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> Tech giants aren't going to encourage you to own your data and hardware by spending effort on supporting it On the contrary, it would make a lot of sense for
by ineptech 4y ago
> Tech giants aren't going to encourage you to own your data and hardware by spending effort on supporting it
On the contrary, it would make a lot of sense for Amazon to work on open source self-hosted server apps, because they would seem to be the answer to the question, "Why would a non-techy want a cloud VM." Surely their PMs must day-dream about a future in which a cloud VM is as common a monthly fee for a middle-class family as a gym membership or netflix subscription, right?
- ineptech 4y agoFake edit to add: there's a startup devoted to solving this problem with a novel OS intended to be a good platform for server-side apps, and since they appear unlikely to get traction I would be very happy to hear that Amazon is forking or duplicating it, just because I so badly want to be a user of such a product.