Nathan,  
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On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:21 PM, objectwerks inc wrote:
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Nathan Sims wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Patrick Coskren wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Nathan Sims wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> But here's where I'm coming from: Shouldn't the real iCloud be where 
>>>>> everyone has his own? That's the product I was hoping they were going to 
>>>>> come out with: "My iMac is my iCloud" or some such. Same functionality 
>>>>> and availability but *I own my data*. Why would I want all my stuff to 
>>>>> reside on _their_ server, not mine?
>>>> 
>>>> Because a big part of the point is that they want to eliminate the need to 
>>>> have a Mac or PC in order to use an iOS device.
>>> 
>>> Exactly! Look where the graph is taking us: towards NO private data 
>>> storage, no desktops, everything is 'mobile' and all content (especially 
>>> licensed content) resides in the cloud except what's needed locally in 
>>> cache RAM on the device.
>>> 
>>> I'm not quite ready to be so dependent, so tied-in & tied-up, to any one 
>>> single thing -- and to a potential single point of failure at that. No one 
>>> else feels a bit _powned_ by the paradigm or where it's leading?
>>> 
>> Eliminating the need for a Mac or PC is a long way from eliminating the 
>> capability of doing local storage etc.  I see the desire to eliminate the 
>> requirement for a Mac or PC and will use some of the services.  However, I 
>> will still make my data in my own possession my main copy of the data, 
>> personally.
> 
> Looks to me like the writing's on the wall. I don't think it'll be very long 
> before content from the iTunes store is streamed, not downloaded, i.e. you 
> can enjoy but not own it. The rest is all downhill from there.
> 
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