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by makeitdouble 1741 days ago
Isn't it true for a lot of things we rely on every day ?

Remembering the days of commuting by train, wether the train will come on time or not was a lottery. Traveling by car, accidents, jams, not being able to park etc. are mundane.

Elevator/escalators being in maintenance was also a common sight.

Things being broken feels part of life, and we learn to plan ahead, have alternatives or deal with it when there is nothing to help.

I think computers and remote services entering our everyday lives is part of that.
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asdff 1741 days ago
A computer is a tool. You buy it to perform what it is advertised to do, just like a socket wrench set. But unlike a socket wrench set, the manufacturer could break into your home in the night and replace your rachet and make it incompatible with your old sockets that still work.
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makeitdouble 1741 days ago
Microsoft Teams is a service, so more like trains or taxis in the physical world. Tomorrow train operators could all be on strike and we'd just be SOL.

I think the change that people haven't completely caught on with is a lot of digital tools becoming services. A bit like how enterprises used to own printers, and those are now rented appliances paid by month or by printed page.

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thomastjeffery 1740 days ago
Microsoft teams is two things:

1. An online service with a private API endpoint.

2. A client program that communicates over that API endpoint.

So this is more like having a car (client program) that the company owns parked in your driveway (your OS), and you can't drive on the company's private roads (the service API) without using that specific car, oh and the company is allowed to repave your driveway whenever they like.

I would much rather have my own car and my own driveway, thank-you-very-much.

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hulitu 1741 days ago
Teams is not a service. Is a program used to talk to other people, like buying tickets for the train or talking with the passengers. Teams has to run in an environment when it is not alone. You need to get on the train, search for a place etc. TBH teams behaves more like a service than like a program. Using teams is like talking to somebody at the other end of the train.
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