I think that “the cloud” is like it was with computers in the '70-'80. The OS/programs you wrote was very much tailored to the hardware. Over time this has changed. Now, we see a bigger push to make sure that we are not dependent on specific clouds and hopefully there is going to be standardization (like containers and such) that makes it easier to move your apps from one cloud to another or to your own datacenter cloud. I know Azure has (had?) a Azure stack that could be installed in your local data center. I know my country, Denmark, has the same issue with being tied to the cloud. And now that we are all locked in, the prices go up.

I prefer not to have my own private data center in my house and just let the cloud handle everything, however in these times, I have started up my NAS again and have started transferring my data back local (with backup to local USB disk and the cloud).

The article is about Europeans sharing their inventions instead of making them into monopolies that make billionaires instead of helping the common good.

But upboat for Ecosia!