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Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
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I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere:
Renting PCs is probably overall cheaper and a lot better for the environment. Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client and something to access a few apps maybe 30 mins a day.
Even “power users” don’t need a machine.
If there were a non-profit or not-for-profit that was selling maybe an rpi we’d be saving a lot of money and reducing climate harm.
I just don’t trust bezos to not be greedy.
Amazing how we're come full circle
Right! I had no idea Bezos used Lemmy either!
I mean, of course Bezos wants to rent you a cloud PC. Bezos would sell your shit back to you if he thought there was a market. Hell, I'd sell your shit back to you if I thought you'd buy it. When I see headlines like these I think 'Well.....duh'.