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There is a tendency to take everything from the direct control of the consumer and place it online, where supposedly we can have easy direct access from anywhere. We are encouraged to keep our backups online, to store our photos online, to save and even to edit our documents online. I remember when gmail was down for several hours a while ago, the internet was full of frustrated people (many of them professionals) who felt absolutely cut off. Since then I download all my important mail. If I like even such a simple thing as an image enough to want to see it again, I don't bookmark the page, I download it. You never know when and what will be taken down and out of your reach. I would hate streaming-only access to become the norm, but I'm afraid we might be heading that way...
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