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> Offline/online is first and foremost about data locality and data ownership. not necessarily if the data is stored in a proprietary format.
by inferense 3y ago
> Offline/online is first and foremost about data locality and data ownership.
not necessarily if the data is stored in a proprietary format.
- Sakos 3y agoIt doesn't matter if it's a proprietary format. Proprietary formats can be reverse engineered and modified and converted. There is a world of difference between a proprietary file that I have online in a form that I can't access directly (and I have no idea how it's being accessed, changed or stored by the service itself or third parties) and a file that I have on my harddrive that I have complete control over.
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- tnel77 3y agoYes, but I think most people care about availability of data over true ownership of data. If I’m running a business and my internet goes out, there’s a huge selling point to a local DB that allows my operations to keep chugging along until Comcast figures out their mess. Internet returns, my DB syncs with a server offsite, and now I have that backup.