[guptaneil]

This is just shifting your eggs from one basket into another. Yes, the current basket is on fire but we should assume any basket can be lit on fire just as easily.

I’d love to see somebody nail the UX of distributed compute in your home that you own. A box I can buy that is similar UX to managing a SaaS account after plugging it into my router, with automatic management, updates, encrypted backup across cloud providers, and an App Store for services I can install on this appliance that gives self-hosted apps a means to monetize. Then scale that foundation up to business needs and really profit.

These ideas have existed before but IMO nobody nailed the UX and most people didn’t believe we’d light our own basket on fire for fun back then, so the market wasn’t there.

[motorest]

> This is just shifting your eggs from one basket into another. Yes, the current basket is on fire but we should assume any basket can be lit on fire just as easily.

I don't think so. That's like complaining about the decision to change a flat tire because all other tires can blow up just as easily.

Can you present a single objective argument that rejects the idea of de-risking your choice of cloud provider?

[LiKao]

I wouldn't just call this "shifting your eggs from one basket into another". One of the baskets is on fire, because people decided to light it on fire. So we are also telling these people, that we are really not willing to accept this.

This is a clear message to those who have not yet lighted their baskets on fire not to make the same mistake, because we can and will find enough other baskets. Looking at the current stock market this does send a strong message.

Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin and the likes want to create a system where democracy is replaced by consumer spending decisions, because they are narcissistic enough to believe they will be the ones on to after their proposed system change. Telling them clearly: "No you won't be on top after this" is an absolutely important message to send.