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the_snooze ◴[05 Jul 25 15:42 UTC] No.44473511[source]▶

Anything with online dependencies will necessarily require ongoing upkeep and ongoing costs. If a system is not local-first (or ideally local-only), it’s not designed for long-term dependability.

Connected appliances and cars have got to be the stupidest bit of engineering from a practical standpoint.

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1. bravesoul2 ◴[06 Jul 25 12:52 UTC] No.44480397[source]▶

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Yeah Dropbox Apple etc. provide enough free or paid storage that shows you the true cost. Circa $10 for 2Tb. Cloudflare let's you host static files pretty much for free. Or cost is rounding error.

So you can run 1000 local first app that syncs to a Dropbox for that 10/m in storage. And that storage is full B2C level ready to go not some low level s3 like primitive. Has auth, has supported has programs to sync.

Really most of the cloud cost is not needed.

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