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Originally Posted by Blossom
How can we trust Cloud services if they go belly up within a few years?
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It's the reason why I never ever buy anything digital that is dependent on the seller or a service, except:
- If there is no other choioce, and the price is right/low*
- If I don't care about losing the product**
One can use a cloud service, even as a main storage space, as long as a local backup is kept; or at the *very* least, a backup in another, unrelated cloud service. (For me, even a 'double cloud' wouldn't be good enough. I even have double local backups in different locations.)
*) One example would be the games "War for Cybertron" and "Fall of Cybertron". Most Transformers games are crap, but I really liked these. They are out of print on DVD, and if they can be found, the DVD has an extremely annoying copy protection (SeuRom). These games could be bought via Steam. I refuse to buy anything there because of the online check/DRM. (I always buy from GOG.com, or on DVD if possible.) Now, I didn't have another choice. And, next point....
**) I paid only €5 per game. They are short (+/- 20 hours per game), and don't really have replay value except for looking at the visuals. I don't really mind if I ever lose them.