The other war on general-purpose computing
In our rush to embrace cheap, simple cloud computing, we're inadvertently giving up control. From Cory Doctorow's war on general-purpose computing to the enshittification of platforms, convenience has a cost.
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At the start of the cloud computing era, most users were enthusiastic about cheap, abundant on-demand computing. But in late 2011, Cory Doctorow gave a talk about the war on general-purpose computing that really stuck with me. I turned it into a keynote on the topic; more recently, Cory gave an amazing talk at Cloudfest about the enshittification of almost everything (including cloud computing) that continues this thinking.
At Cloud Connect last week, I gave a bit of a rant about the way we give ourselves over to cloud computing, and in pursuit of simplicity inadvertently give up control.
It was probably the most polarizing presentation I’ve ever given. Some people loved it, and most of the reviews were great.
The best presentation of the session was the ‘Take back root’ by the moderator.
Others clearly didn’t agree with me.
Croll’s presentation was a self-serving presentation based upon his own arrogance and lack of true leadership the helps others with human and technical solution. His glib personality wastes my time.
Ouch. Thick skin is a necessity. Anyway, if you want to decide for yourself, I recorded it with narration.