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Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud (www.windowscentral.com)
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A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure.

Bucha Bull to me.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A historical context Luddite would probably be destroying datacentres presently, we might have a thing or two to learn from them.

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You denying yourself a tech-advantage while they get to keep theirs isn't a good idea

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago

historical context Luddite

means the actual Luddite movement, not luddite the word as used today, there's a bit more nuance there. Go on, read the wiki...