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As a software engineer I can see why you say that but as a consumer you have to ask yourself, who does a product that is designed to be reliant on the cloud ben
by edude03 4y ago
As a software engineer I can see why you say that but as a consumer you have to ask yourself, who does a product that is designed to be reliant on the cloud benefit? Wifi routers with mesh existed before and will continue to exist after the onhub and they don’t require a cloud connection, so it seems like the cloud connection was designed to mostly benefit Google.
As a consumer, especially a tech savvy one we should continue to push tech companies to build products that last and serve the user and not just throw our hands up and say “we have the wrong expectations”
- userbinator 4y agoAs a software engineer, I want what I made to last. Sadly, that sentiment doesn't seem to be popular these days.
- detourdog 4y agoI remember when the cloud started to become a buzzword I thought of it as a tool for people that didn't want to maintain their own local compute resources and a rent seeking business opportunity for people that did. I never imagined that not owning one's data would become the norm. I also have no intention of using cloud services that aren't forced on me.