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This is a huge problem with SAAS in general. The ephemerality not only of our data, but of the entire service, is highly disturbing. Next time I buy a tool, I'
by calinet6 13y ago
This is a huge problem with SAAS in general. The ephemerality not only of our data, but of the entire service, is highly disturbing.
Next time I buy a tool, I'm going to look for something I can hold in my hand (metaphorically speaking), and use until I decide not to.
- zheshishei 13y agoI guess it's time to go back to standalone desktop apps?
- mpyne 13y agoSome of us never left...
- bentcorner 13y agoSelfhosting isn't out of the question. Maybe there's a middle ground? If someone provided me with a VPS but made it really easy to self-host applications from a curated list, I'd be all over that.
- calinet6 13y agoSelf-hosted auto-updated service nodes, that run on your own cloud-connected server. All your data, your encryption, your permissions, everything. Then you connect to your services via any thin client (just thumbprint on any terminal anywhere and you're logged in). Any screen, any device, anywhere. Someday.
- 6cxs2hd6 13y agoIt's a problem with unnecessarily monolithic SaaS, where everyone reinvents e.g. the storage piece of it. You should be able to tell XYZ service to work with your photos as stored on Amazon S3. Or stored on, what's that other company, starts with a D...?