[Trisquel-users] software as a service

[adel . afzal]

Chris posted that Think Penguin may one day offer some web services.  Some  
people had concerns that any service would be subject to intrusive privacy  
laws.  I think that the conversation ended there.

But I just had an experience with Google Drive.  It won't let me share a  
GPG'd folder of photos with a friend.  But it will let me share a zipped  
folder of photos.  Sharing "is not available right now" for one, but it's  
available right now for the other.

Maybe I'm using it wrong.  Or even if not, I'm sure there are a hundred  
possible explanations that are completely innocent.  I'm bad at technology so  
I think this is most likely.

And even if it's discriminating between file types on purpose ... well it's  
their service ... they're allowed.

I'd go to ThinkPenguin because even though they would be subject to all the  
same laws ... I can't imagine they'd discriminate between file types, given  
their audience.

Or is software as a service just not worth the convenience?  Is compromising  
okay because not everyone will run their own server?