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===Loss of control=== | ===Loss of control=== | ||
Service company can deprive you of your data/services. For example if you lose login credentials, as might happen when a person dies, or your account is stolen, or the service provider terminates the account. (see for example, [[Microsoft account]], [[Google account]]). | Service company can deprive you of your data/services. For example if you lose login credentials, as might happen when a person dies, or your account is stolen, or the service provider terminates the account. (see for example, [[Microsoft account]], [[Google account]]). | ||
== Alternatives == | |||
=== Generic protocols === | |||
A lot of cloud services use needlessly specialized protocols, which allows service providers to maintain monopolies over their respective niches. Use of more generic protocols provides more choice to consumers, incentivizes competition between service providers and creates business opportunities for new service providers to emerge. | |||
For example, the impact of [[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]] would be minimal if it were to allow connection to generic file storage rather than relying on Amazon's specialized photo storage service. | |||
=== Self-hosting === | |||
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Some cloud services can be adequately replaced with self-hosted alternatives, where consumers run compatible software on hardware they control. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||