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On Aug 4, 2024 at 9:29:54 PM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

>> Phones/PCs/iPads etc. are way beyond "dumb". There is more local processing
>> going on than in mainframes of 20 years ago.
> 
> Maybe, but the tech industry is pushing more and more back towards
> consumers having what are realistically little more than dumb terminals
> with all the apps running on the developers' servers (at a monthly
> subscription of course). Office 365 is the obvious example, but Apple
> and Adobe also have webapps of their office and creative software.

Office 365 is for corporations, so they no longer have to deploy Office to
50,000 separate PCs. It is all done automagically. For consumers who might
need Excel once a year, it is still a free download for iPads.  I bought
Office 2021 for Windows and Mac last year, for about $80 total. No 365 here. 

My Macs/PCs/iPhones/iPads are NOT "dumb terminals". 

> They want to do that because it makes it easier for them to enure
> everyone is using the latest version, which in turn pushes poeple into
> buying a newer device. They also do that to circumvent the pirating of
> the apps.

Of course.  Corporate PCs again.

> BUT having everything on the "cloud" is ridiculously silly and makes it
> impossible to do anything when your internet connection is down or your
> device is considered "too old".

The entire internet is in "the cloud". Is that "ridiculously silly"?  Is this
usenet group running on your local Mac? Or mine? No, we connect to "the cloud"
to talk here. 

And how often does one's internet connection go down? Maybe a few times a year
for maybe an hour total?   About as often as the power going out (unless a
major storm/tornado/hurricane comes through). You can't handle that?  

Even if my cable goes out, I can use my phone as a hotspot and be online again
in minutes. BFD. Way easier than cranking up a generator when the power goes
out, unless you have an automatic Generac system.