Terminal TiltJan 15

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future.  

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux.  

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-bezos-envisions-that-youll-give-up-your-pc-for-an-ai-cloud-version

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?

Windows Central
Show threadmeek cynicsJan 15

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

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

Run Linux. 

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

Show threadIron BugJan 15
@cnx @terminaltilt I use Linux. and I have never ever used any SaaS.
and yes, it is Linux with only a very few GNU untils. because I can build Linux-based system without gnu utils at all. this is not important and does not have any special meaning,
really, I don't like it where GNU goes nowadays and prefer to avoid it, except, maybe GCC wich is not ruined yet (but they try!).
Show threadmeek cynicsJan 16

@iron_bug, I use Linux. and I have never ever used any SaaSS is a very different statement from what @terminaltilt suggested, i.e. use Linux and you'll be free from SaaSS, consider the majority of Linux systems force and trick its users to only know of SaaSS as the sole way to do things.

FWIW I use Linux kernel too and I don't use SaaSS, but the kernel could be swapped out for a BSD one and there'd be literally no difference to the way I do computing, hence Linux is hardly the representative for software freedom. The people behind GNU or OpenBSD or whatever free userspace, no matter how shit thou perceive them, at least don't try to fuck over people like what's on the front page of linuxfoundation.org.

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Show threadkosatque
@cnx @terminaltilt @iron_bug can you play modern games on BSD? I bet you don't. BSDs are not general-purpose operating systems.
Jan 16 at 9:06amWeb
Show threadmeek cynicsJan 16
I don't play proprietary garbage, so yes, @ninesigns, I can play my favorite modern games on BSD. If thou preferest the former on BSD, get a played station or sth idk. @terminaltilt @iron_bug
Show threadkosatqueJan 16
Or I can just run Linux.