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Originally Posted by taming
I agree with you, David. There is a growing trend to force people into using the cloud for just about everything. Expensive new devices are being built without ports, drives, and connections we are used to, thus narrowing our choices as they attempt (and succeed) in getting us locked into one ecosystem or another.
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I used the "cloud" decades before it became the "new thing" with iCloud, dropbox, etc. It was called "mainframe computing" and the only access to the data was via "dumb terminals".
I remember those days clearly (as a software developer) and I remember the restrictions and controls that went along.
The advent of personal computers brought total freedom to individuals and with it, tremendous breakthroughs in how computers were used.
But here we are, a generation or two removed, the "digital natives" of this current generation who never knew a time when personal computers didn't exist, are willing (and sometimes, eager) to forego that digital freedom.
Ok, enough reminiscing.... now get off my lawn!
