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Stallman's 2008 warning that cloud computing is a trap resurfaces
Original: Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman (2008)
A 2008 Guardian interview in which GNU founder Richard Stallman called cloud computing 'a trap' is circulating again. Stallman argued that handing data and software to companies' servers forces people into dependency, saying users should keep their data on their own computers. Readers are revisiting the warning amid today's dominance of cloud services and subscription software, debating how accurately he predicted the current situation.
Why now: People are reassessing Stallman's early critique now that cloud and subscription services dominate computing.
Richard StallmanGNUThe Guardian
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