A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure.
Bucha Bull to me.
A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure.
Bucha Bull to me.
This is already a thing called Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and it’s pretty great from an admin perspective. It has the potential to be great for consumers, but it never will be because big tech never does what’s good for consumers.
But VDI home computers, on paper, are a good thing. Less e-waste, your computer is never obsolete, you don’t have to worry about maintaining hardware, etc. Obviously not great for a power user, but for the general population it would be a good thing (if it’s provided by a consumer-centric company).
Yeah, in theory in a decent world with benevolent actors this probably wouldn’t be so bad. But we do not live in a decent world, and benevolent actors are far and few between.