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Huh. This reminds me of the FreedomBox[1] effort. I was always under the impression FreedomBox would never catch on because 1) they don't know how to make the
by naner 15y ago
Huh. This reminds me of the FreedomBox[1] effort.
I was always under the impression FreedomBox would never catch on because 1) they don't know how to make the software attractive and enticing and 2) requiring users to have some specialized hardware acting as a server is a big hurdle for most people. Also, and perhaps this is the biggest problem, the alternative centralized and cloud services are good enough for the vast majority of people.
Space Monkey looks cool but I'm not sure they're cool enough to overcome these obstacles. Also peer-to-peer provides its own weird drawbacks (similar with Skype) in that your home network is now being used as someone else's infrastructure. For a backup service data usage is going to be very high.
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreedomBox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreedomBox
- amirmc 15y agoI can imagine a world in, say 10yrs time, where parents warn their kids of the risks of social networking the way I was once warned about 'talking to strangers' (or this generation about 'strangers on the Internet'). Perhaps in that world, families can simply plug a box in the wall at home and that's how they deal with email, photos, shared calendars, with different (private) profiles for each family member. Family members can 'graduate' to their own private box when they leave home (eg Uni) and simply take it all with them. I can also imagine a world where people don't do any of the above. We won't really know until we get there, but I'm pleased that there people trying different things to find out.