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

https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/468991

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

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/468990 [https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/468990]

I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere:

Renting PCs is probably overall cheaper and a lot better for the environment. Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client and something to access a few apps maybe 30 mins a day.

Even “power users” don’t need a machine.

If there were a non-profit or not-for-profit that was selling maybe an rpi we’d be saving a lot of money and reducing climate harm.

I just don’t trust bezos to not be greedy.

Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client

Amazing how we’re come full circle

Right! I had no idea Bezos used Lemmy either!
I mean, of course Bezos wants to rent you a cloud PC. Bezos would sell your shit back to you if he thought there was a market. Hell, I’d sell your shit back to you if I thought you’d buy it. When I see headlines like these I think ‘Well…duh’.