I mean, imagine a future where every computer is just a chromebook, phones are no longer phones but just a “terminal” that streams the actual OS which runs in the cloud.

I mean, with 5G, I think its possible to make it seamless. And I think corporations push for this because they would love to have your data in the cloud, both for surveillance, and to charge a subscription for storage. I think this enshittifications would eventually happen to digital storage.

“You would own nothing and you’d be happy”

So how likely will this dystopian future happen?

I’d predict a 90% chance of this happening, and almost every would be okay, until they start overcharging for cloud storage subscriptions, but by then it’d be too late, there’d be a monopoly.

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    Unlikely, as cloud storage providers can’t be trusted completely. They be like “but it’s encrypted. trust me bro”, but every time they get the chance, like when a weakness is detected in the cipher, they will peek or let some government peek. This is how magically your competitor ends up with your business secrets.

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      They cant be trusted, but I think the average person will just trust them.

      I mean look at how many people who (supposedly) just sext on facebook or instagram or just SMS/MMS, or even send confidential information thats not end to end encrypted. People don’t give a shit about privacy.

      If the majority is okay with it, then they could just stop selling devices with local storage. And you’d have no other choice.

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        The average euser does not trust them, they just don’t care…until they should have cared.