[greenkey]

Students today have become quite reliant on Google Docs essentially putting almost all of their classwork out on the web. What if it were to fail? That’s different than it used to be when each student needed to handwrite or type up a paper without SAAS that could break, and those students aren’t prepping to work for Google.

[uryga]

> What if it were to fail?

isn't that the price you pay for using any online sharing thingy? you gain easy sharing+access (because it's "on someone else's computer"), but lose control. if it makes information easily accessible (contrast with xeroxing paper docs), i think it's a decent trade-off.

it'd be nice if we weren't reliant on one service provider, but idk any good alternatives.

> those students aren’t prepping to work for Google.

i don't get this part. would you criticize the widespread usage of MS Office as "those people aren't prepping to work for Microsoft"?

[asutekku]

And I’m pretty happy that students use nowadays google docs. Sure, it’s propiertary and can break at any point, but man if it does not make collaboration easier.

[greenkey]

So: total reliance on someone giving something away for free that could break or be taken away at any time and you have no privacy- that’s ok, even if they’re not going to hire you later?

[mrlala]

What?

At any time, you can download your google docs data and have it locally. You can convert it to word/excel formats.

This makes anything you are trying to argue completely irrelevant.

If they basically forced you to keep your data in their proprietary format online-only, then maybe you have an argument.. but since this is not true you are grasping at straws here.

[asutekku]

I trust Apple more than a random TV manufacturer. Sure, it’s not perfect but i don’t want to completely cut off myself from the TV App ecosystem.