I disagree with you, I think its a terrible path to be going down. I do not agree with anyone who thinks that Cloud'ifying everything serves the needs of the end user better. But I guess I'm alone in this - it sure seems Apple is hell bent on removing the filesystem and other traditional paradigms upon which computers have been built for decades, and replacing them with .. other things .. that only they control.
>I do not agree with anyone who thinks that Cloud'ifying everything serves the needs of the end user better.
It's easy for use to forget what actually happens in the 'real world' when we spend so much time in the 'tech world'.
The cloud is extremely powerful in that it bridges the gap between devices, and users. if I have a photo on my phone then why cant I view it on my computer without hooking up and importing. Or if I have photos taken on my DSLR, why then cant I share them remotely from my phone to others whilst I'm out and about.
Thats fine - but build the sharing features into the operating systems of the computer, not into some remote uncontrollable (by the user) data center, which is being used to process the data for purposes other than those the user specify .. any modern desktop computer is capable of representing itself in a fashion that the sharing occurs, sans cloud.
I hope they introduce these cloud systems in parallel and do not force it for those who don't want/need/use it. I certainly don't. I can see it being useful for my mum, but not for me.
