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by sshine 1283 days ago
This experience reveals that you can lose control of your online accounts for any reason.

If you don’t want this to happen again, you need more control of your platform.

“The cloud is just someone else’s computer.”

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...

> On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the only way to lose your computing freedom. Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, is another way to give someone else power over your computing.