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Yes. The solution is to demand that services allow us to backup our data in some meaningful way. This might mean XML that we can transform on our own, or someth
by apgwoz 18y ago
Yes. The solution is to demand that services allow us to backup our data in some meaningful way. This might mean XML that we can transform on our own, or something else. There are groups like http://autonomo.us http://autonomo.us that discuss these issues.
- brk 18y agoReally? By extension if you created a popular startup would you support people "demanding" that you do things a certain way to appease their needs, even if it was counter to your business model?
- apgwoz 18y agoIs it my data, or am I giving it to the startup? Why is it OK for me to not have a way to get my data should your service die, or get acquired, or the terms change? Would it be OK for Apple/Microsoft to not allow you to back up your data in a reasonable, portable format? These are still things we as users of these "cloud" services have yet to really question, yet it's going to be important as we move away from desktop applications and more towards the "cloud." It's scary. And, to answer your question, if I was running a popular startup, I would want to keep that popularity by being reasonable when users of my system asked for things. Seems like a reasonable request to me. > even if it was counter to your business model? What kind of business am I running if I don't listen to my users? Probably not a profitable one.