| Most people are complaining about the headline, but it is in line with what Woz is saying: "I really worry about everything going to the cloud," he said. "I think it's going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years." He added: "With the cloud, you don't own anything. You already signed it away" through the legalistic terms of service with a cloud provider that computer users must agree to. "I want to feel that I own things," Wozniak said. "A lot of people feel, 'Oh, everything is really on my computer,' but I say the more we transfer everything onto the web, onto the cloud, the less we're going to have control over it." I wouldn't be surprised if many people around HN do not agree with Woz. After all the cloud is how many here earn their living. That said, Woz is absolutely right. I wish more people of his standing would speak up. |
There's a weird split. People running a service do not want to have to depend on a 3rd party service; but they do want to encourage other people to depend on the service that they are providing.