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I am constantly amazed that people rely on anyone else's compute infrastructure for things like doorbells, cameras, locks, switches, or sensors (network infrast
by johnhtodd 1mo ago
I am constantly amazed that people rely on anyone else's compute infrastructure for things like doorbells, cameras, locks, switches, or sensors (network infrastructure is, at the moment, a seemingly acceptable integration for isolated communication.) There is inevitable over-pricing and capture by these companies; it's in their nature.
Add to this the security and downtime risks, and the equation really doesn't look good. Equipment that is tied to someone else's cloud is an astonishingly bad idea, but everyone has their own immediate (or even long-term) reasons for ignoring advice. "You get what you deserve."
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- qmr 1mo agoThe notion disgusts me. All of my shit is open source and locally hosted. I couldn't find a front door camera I liked so I ended up building my own from parts. Having worked for "the cloud" for years, I tell everyone I know, there is no cloud, there is only other people's hard drives.
- DarmokTanagra 1mo agogross, everything I own is smelted from raw silicon that I sourced from the beach down the street.
- fleroviumna 1mo ago[dead]
- whatisthiseven 1mo ago> "I am constantly amazed that people rely on anyone else's compute..." We live in a bubble. Reading stuff here means you understand things about computing barely 0.1% of the world population understands the possible consequences. Of that 0.1%, plenty do understand the consequences and still choose the convenience. For these companies, they just need to convince everyone else, for whom they have no possible conception, understanding, or even words to imagine the Orwellian Rube-Goldberg-like machine that is modern day SaaS. It isn't so much "get what you deserve", so much as society writ large is getting what it deserves for unregulated advertising slop and re-sale of consumer data.