Bernard Rosset via Dng said on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:22:28 +0200 >Foreseable, foreseen, and now happening. >It is the logical and predictable move away from local installed >instances on own hardware to everything "cloud"/vapourous.
I agree. > >Said move is *not* user-focused (despite marketing - aka "bullshit" - >about "simplicity" that will ensue), but is operator-focused... as the >whole "cloud" thing is: it eases things for the service provider on >many levels. I agree. > >Welcome to the Software-as-a-Service world. >This has been the go-to cash cow for 10-15 years or so: you do not own >things anymore, as you rent them. I agree 1000%. I was just bitching about this a few days ago in regard to that estupido Pelaton exercise machine. $49/month for life. >Almost guaranteed continuous income as the vendor lock-in is even more >violently ensured: stop to pay and you lose everything. >The longer you stay, the more effective the effect, as habits and >stored data grow. Yes! >Rents. Coercion by attrition of other means. No need to add value when >people cannot go around your scam. >Invented by <...> ages ago. Adoption growing each and every day. Unfortunately true. > >On a M$ business roadmap note, it was a foreseeable move from the CEO >which has pushed for unification and cloud-based since his arrival. >- Azure >- End of Windows Phone (it will come back, with a unified Windows) >- Office 365 >- Windows 365 Which is why I'm sooooooo glad I use Linux. > >The gap is ever groing between people who understand what they are >doing and ask for budget control and the mass consumer who has no idea >nor who cares about what (s)he consumes, provided it's easy, >immediate, and resonates well with his/her most immediate wishes. Yes! Whether it's Red Hat pushing systemd, or Microsoft pushing OS as a service, user ignorance is the vendor's friend. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
