I was about to talk about a product for backup, disaster recovery and replication. I was kind of hyped about that topic because a lot of my work over the last 18 months have been evaluating those products and I finally think there is some light at the end of the tunnel that isn't a train coming at me. Because I've had some revelations in the last 6 months that gelled with an enterprise product (rare). Blend that with a management that is 4 years more mature; my communication landscape has changed.
So I watch the latest the "tek" and right near the end something clicks. I think of 3 years ago the home routers advertised a personal cloud...(what is that?, basically a port?) . But both Logan and Wendal express the concept of "YOU". I've been lucky whenever the concept of cloud comes up...I go get a quote to build.. then data rates/caps per month come into play and the cost models have been x5's over roll your own but if they go to x2's I maybe out of a job. But the value is the ownership, not being subject to the cloud and data scraping of other info or even meta data.
This Apple gen has really set us back about 20 years, these things were solved a long time ago.
I love the new corporate trend of no TEXTING on company owned phones and individuals going back to flip phones. I think we swung a bit to far to "connected" vs. collaborative. Another 20 years will tell.
How does this related to the latest Tek or the topic? You don't need to use data scavenging services to be a human, you can roll your own, Linux Servers, meet people face to face, all kinds of options. I can guarantee Apple and Google are probably the worst choices out of all the alternatives yet Apple reports deca billions of profits. I know I'm missing a piece of the human equation, but missing billions of dollars worth,this is seeming like a cult devotion, I can not understand, it's troubling. I think folks need to build their own servers, that is all iTunes, iCloud is, a family. Why it is so much more valuable than your own family or friends or experiences I just don't understand?
If you are 80 years old, you have lots of time, get a good scanner and some family server space. Scan your photo estate and documents and make it available to your heirs. No excuse; even if you have to learn what the word scan means. Gandpa left us some money and an Enterprise, est 2015.