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That's exactly how Google Docs works (and whatever Microsoft's Office web equivalent is called). So we are already living in that world.

• Dylan16807 2y ago
  If you use those services you often have zero local copies, so that's not really what I meant. And more importantly, once you have local RAID you can put all your important files on it. That's a critical part of the world I want to see.
  • eru 2y ago
    > If you use those services you often have zero local copies, so that's not really what I meant. Yes, I was merely using these examples to show that storage space is cheap enough. Google and Microsoft store your stuff on HDD and SSD and tape, too. They ain't magic.
    • Dylan16807 2y ago
      The "stuff" they store is not enough for me to have a hard drive failure but keep all my data. So it's not cheap enough imo. Even for text files, the only software I trust to find them all when set up by a normal person is something like backblaze and that's a good chunk of money. And for the rest of the data you need to pay significantly for the space no matter how you do it.
      • eru 2y ago
        For most people, apart from text files / documents there's perhaps photos and videos that they took that really take up space, and that can't be replaced. Eg installed Steam games take up oodles of space, but you don't need to back them up.