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Welcome to the cloud! This is the kind of thing that happens when everyone follows the siren song of cloud computing. I certainly understand the draw of these o
by didgetmaster 4y ago
Welcome to the cloud! This is the kind of thing that happens when everyone follows the siren song of cloud computing. I certainly understand the draw of these offerings (access, easy configuration, scalability, low initial cost, etc.) but you are handing control of all your processes and data to a centralized entity who can jerk you around any time they want and doesn't have to account when they make a mistake.
The pendulum of centralized vs de-centralized architectures has been swinging full tilt in the direction of centralized for some time. It is stuff like this which will eventually swing it back the other way.
- multiplegeorges 4y agoIs there a self-hosted payment gateway that just works? I hear you about cloud dependencies, but this isn't one of those cases.
- didgetmaster 4y agoI wasn't suggesting that there are decentralized options for every cloud dependency that is viable today. I am just saying that it is issues like this one which will drive innovation toward solutions that do not require you to put your fate in the hands of some central authority.
- multiplegeorges 4y agoFair enough, payments (credit cards, in particular) is a particularly hard area to decentralize... or at least democratize a bit more. I'd love for an open payment standard for p2p payments and individual-to-business/institution payments to become available so that individuals could establish their own connection point to a fair payment exchange network. This will only come with regulation that forces it, though. See India's UPI system, for example.