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I don't think Google /want/ you to have any files on your computer. They could have built Dropbox a long time ago, but that's not the direction they want the wo
by DanI-S 15y ago
I don't think Google /want/ you to have any files on your computer. They could have built Dropbox a long time ago, but that's not the direction they want the world to go. They chose Google Docs instead.
Whether they're correct or not is still up for debate. Dropbox are doing pretty well.
- pvarangot 15y ago> I don't think Google /want/ you to have any files on your computer. Oh, yes they want. They also want to be your computer.
- DanI-S 15y agoThis is certainly true.
- eli_gottlieb 15y agoNo, not really. They don't want to be your computer; that would mean you have a computer. They want to convince you to replace your computer with a thin client that forwards all actual data and computation to them. That's their ultimate business proposition: you get analyzed for ad-men, and they make the big mean scary monster of responsibility for one's own computing go away.