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Nov

2011

Steven Poole: Whatever made you think it was your data anyway?

Two simple laws to remember:
"If you’re not paying for something, you have no reason to expect it to be there tomorrow."
"If you’re not paying for something, you’re not a customer; you’re the product being sold"
And, as Apple showed with its MobileMe to iCloud transition, your data may not be safe even if you pay for the service. So, keep your expectations in check - "The “cloud” is not your friend; it’s where your data goes when it ceases to be yours."

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If you’re not paying for something, you’re not a customer; you’re the product being sold
The “cloud” is not your friend; it’s where your data goes when it ceases to be yours.
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- Anyone who thinks Apple is going to be more careful about or respectful of its users’ stuff in the new “free” service is a dribble-dreaming iTard.
- If your data exists only as hosted by “free” services on the internet, you should assume not only that it’s not your data, but that it doesn’t even exist at all. That way, you’ll be less upset when one day it vanishes without trace, and you can greet personal erasure with splendid equanimity.

I wish I had never heard of Google+’s brand pages — Scobleizer

It's really ironic that Google opted to launch one of their mass products minus the "beta" tag when it was clearly incomplete and evolving, and draw so much of criticism.
On the other hand, Apple launched a mass beta (Siri) that everyone's excited about. How times change...

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