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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by haburka on Thursday June 08, 2017 @06:05PM (#14517535)
What's wrong with hosting on Google/Amazon? I understand that there is a paranoia of them taking control of your servers or stealing all of your data, but that is almost certainly not going to happen. I think the real issue is that they're monopolizing services that non developers use.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by bhhaskin on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:46PM (#14518101)
It's less about them taking control and stealing data and more about spreading out. If we keep only choosing Google/Amazon then one day there will be no more competitors. There are also plenty of good competitors for smaller/personal projects.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by rhodysurf on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:05PM (#14518182)
True, but there arent many places that I can host my side projects for free with zero server maintenance like I can on App Engine. Its a trade off.
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