This and cloud gaming... it has the obvious real-economic efficiency gains of centralizing hardware (and software) for better overall utilization, easier procur

This and cloud gaming... it has the obvious real-economic efficiency gains of centralizing hardware (and software) for better overall utilization, easier procurement, development, management and integration albeit all dependent on users' internet connection for actual usage. The move to cloud infrastructure in the business world sets a precedent. Increasingly I notice self-hosted things being labeled 'legacy' by influencer blogs (even if it makes no fundamental sense infrastructure or software architecture-wise). Users want things to "just work", no matter the wider implications. Makes me real scared for personal computing :(