Your OS running in a Cloud

[Clarity]

Are you aware of "Windows in the Cloud"? It is only available to Enterprises but will be coming to Consumers.

Questions

• What are YOUR thoughts about this?

• What if this was Linux, would you still "think" the same?

[superhik]

Windows 365?
It does not align with the free and open source philosophy.
Sure it would run well on low powered devices since heavy lifting is done on someone else's computers, but I see ethical concerns.
Sure it would popularize Linux since many find it's instalation daunting. But to convince people to pay a subscription for a Linux based cloud service might not sell easy.
And if there is no internet service or a power outage, we are left in blind. However when the connection is restored we can continue to work with all the data in sync with all devices.
There is convenience and there is privacy.
So the question that needs to be asked is: Should we trade privacy for convenience? Definitely not.