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> Are we so far into peak SaaS now that the industry has forgotten about local compute the same way we forgot about data centers during peak PC? I mean, yes? Y
by beepbooptheory 4y ago
> Are we so far into peak SaaS now that the industry has forgotten about local compute the same way we forgot about data centers during peak PC?
I mean, yes? You can host your own email server at home, but Google has still made billions selling email. Regardless, paying a company to allow them to run cycles of their proprietary model on my hardware doesn't feel like a great deal to me. Why would I choose that?
- api 4y agoIf it cost less? Or if you bought the model and ran it locally instead? The reason it’s hard to DIY a mail server is spam and all the attendant black lists and white lists. It’s not a resource problem.