Leaving aside that during the PC revolution you were most likely running a Microsoft OS on an IBM compatible (which IBM didn’t exploit purely because they were clueless not because they didn’t want to);
Not sure what is stopping any of us from running our own PC with our own software. Nowadays Linux is a really solid option as an OS, home connections are reliable and fast, you can access lots of services as a hobbyist, you can self-host a lot of things to your heart’s content.
Running software remotely doesn’t stop making sense when it’s being taken advantage by corporations.
If you want to decry something decry the rising tech illiteracy. The mobile phone caused that not distributed software. The PC is doing fine, it’s just that fewer and fewer people are using it.
I run only local software on my PC. I refuse to use web apps - they suck in every way.
It does mean I use older versions some times, but that’s never been a hindrance (currently using Office 2016, Visio 2007, Publisher 2006,etc).
Tech illiteracy is so frustrating. It’s one thing when my older siblings/family “can’t be bothered” to learn - at least for them computers were science fiction (or at least took up a room), but seeing it among people younger than me is incredibly frustrating, since they grew up with it.
Leaving aside that during the PC revolution you were most likely running a Microsoft OS on an IBM compatible (which IBM didn’t exploit purely because they were clueless not because they didn’t want to);
Not sure what is stopping any of us from running our own PC with our own software. Nowadays Linux is a really solid option as an OS, home connections are reliable and fast, you can access lots of services as a hobbyist, you can self-host a lot of things to your heart’s content.
Running software remotely doesn’t stop making sense when it’s being taken advantage by corporations.
If you want to decry something decry the rising tech illiteracy. The mobile phone caused that not distributed software. The PC is doing fine, it’s just that fewer and fewer people are using it.
I run only local software on my PC. I refuse to use web apps - they suck in every way.
It does mean I use older versions some times, but that’s never been a hindrance (currently using Office 2016, Visio 2007, Publisher 2006,etc).
Tech illiteracy is so frustrating. It’s one thing when my older siblings/family “can’t be bothered” to learn - at least for them computers were science fiction (or at least took up a room), but seeing it among people younger than me is incredibly frustrating, since they grew up with it.