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The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

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The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

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Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That’s you, Google.)

https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

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My parents have a plethora of old office PC’s, so I can’t even imagine how people pay those priced to not even own the hardware.

An RPI can even fairly easily be solar powered if that’s ever a concern

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