Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud.

[trimtab@mastodon.social]

@terminaltilt Bezos is the alternate universe inverse evil version of Patrick Stewart.... Utterly cruel, greedy, narcissistic, and uncharismatic.

Please send Bezos back into the worm hole, to the shitty universe that made him.

[Gæst]

You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

@terminaltilt@climatejustice.social, this already happened, through the form of applications that are thin clients to SaaSS.

Run Linux. :tux:

Run :gnu: or something idk, but Linux users are renting computing powers through SaaSS. :android:

[hnapel@mastodon.social]

@terminaltilt

Never waste a crisis!

[nicovel0@mastodon.social]

@terminaltilt those people have no new ideas, Bezos just reinvented the mainframe.

[mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org]

@terminaltilt When people see me on here saying "Local-first Software Principles should be the fucking law", this is what I'm talking about.

#CassandraComplexGoneWild

[mpiscaer@mastodon.social]

@terminaltilt not only that but how it is going right now is that it gives power to the 1%

[lorenzobonomelli@mastodon.social]

@terminaltilt
Honestly, I really like cloud computing and cloud storage.
Since we’re almost always connected to the internet, it’s an incredibly useful solution.

I'd be happy to pay a subscription fee if:
1) my data is properly encrypted
2) my data stays on a European server
3) my money doesn't go to a dictatorship country (such as where Bezos lives)
4) the system I'm using is FOSS

[snep@y.diskcat.com]

@cnx @terminaltilt

> but Linux users are renting computing powers through SaaSS.

Please elaborate how

[Gæst]

Already did in that comment, but since I can’t rule out custom emoji inaccessibility issues, Imma spell it out for thee, @snep@y.diskcat.com: Android Google/Linux.

Cc: @terminaltilt@climatejustice.social

[jwi@aus.social]

@terminaltilt
My wife is a very aware and private person, so she doesn't want any of our personal information in the cloud.

As a person who stopped doing hands on tech work 20 years ago, I'm amazed that many of my old Unix skills are still current an suitable to run home systems.

[snep@y.diskcat.com]

@cnx @terminaltilt So your comment isn't regarding Linux distributions as a whole, you're rather referring to Linux kernels running underneath Android *specifically?