I think the long-term direction is to have everything in a cloud. Wi-fi will continue to improve and costs will lower, which will make the need to store large files (such as movies) locally unnecessary.
you are correct
I bought a new router because to my dismay, my three year old router was dropping the internet on my wife’s computer
I hooked it up and the my web account produced a graphic showing the stuff receiving and transmitting. There were 10 devices!
There’s just me and my wife. I really had no idea
I think the long-term direction is to have everything in a cloud. Wi-fi will continue to improve and costs will lower, which will make the need to store large files (such as movies) locally unnecessary.
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I agree. People with 4K TV’s pretty much have to stream 4K content.
And if you're very, very good boy or girl, your overlords will let you access it.
anyone who relies 100% on “the cloud” deserves what happens to them when it dissappears.
Live by the network, die by the network. If it's not on your hardware, in your facility, under your control, YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
And those of us who live in the country and have no high-speed internet will be happy, healthier, and enjoy the outdoors; so that when the electric grid crashes, we’ll be able to feed and cloth ourselves.