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> WinFS failed because users do not care that much about local files. Cloud is everything. This is such a web weenie take. Not everyone lives in the "cloud".

• Dalewyn 3y ago
  You should realize that people like us who understand file systems and the "files and foldors" metaphor are a very small, niche minority. Most users today don't know what a file even is[1], and even in the 90s and 00s most users still didn't understand files. Ever seen a desktop filled with icons of all sorts because the user just dumps all their files there? I'm sure you have, and most users are like that. Navigating a file system and using it is fucking pig latin nonsense to them. Couple that also with users not taking backups because it's an inconvenience (until they wish they had one), and cloud storage solves all the problems most users have had. They don't need to manage their files anymore and they're all backed up by the cloud provider; they don't need to worry about their konpoohters anymore as they go about enjoying their lives, if they even have a konpoohter at home at all anymore. [1]: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-dont-know-what-files-and-folders-are-professors-say https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-do...
  • Izkata 3y ago
    > Ever seen a desktop filled with icons of all sorts because the user just dumps all their files there? I'm sure you have, and most users are like that. Navigating a file system and using it is fucking pig latin nonsense to them. And possibly an undervalued reason why the iphone took off. Anyone else remember this image? https://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/windows-ios-humor.jpg https://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/windows-...