SwallowYourDreams

SwallowYourDreams t1_ja6sw94 wrote

Firstly, it remains to be seen if said users also generate sufficient revenue and not just cost (although it's likely this will happen). Secondly, even if the technology does scale after a while, there's a barrier of entry (computing power of even a starting size does not pay for itself), so it's not just a matter of "copying a few Terabytes of code" like the initial comment suggested.

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SwallowYourDreams t1_j1p86m0 wrote

...and have to do again today. The historical situation isn't identical (how could it?), but back then and now, people are scrambling to flee nations they can no longer feel safe in.

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SwallowYourDreams t1_itoyt2j wrote

All "hacks" aside: what people conveniently forgot was they uploaded all sorts of sensitive stuff to the servers of a publically traded company that offered their (proprietary) services for "free" and made a pinky promise to delete people's shit after delivery. Even the old story about the Easter Bunny is more believable.

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