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The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again (www.vintagecomputing.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

And that's a worrying reality. But that's what Big Tech is banking heavily on. They're no longer entitled to their files on their machines or devices. It's in the cloud, handled by a biased service who more than likely could do anything and charge them anything as they so desire in order to have continued access to said 'files'.