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Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies.

Exactly

Local storage means local possession. Cloud storage means you don't actually have what you think you have- and it can all be taken away without warning. I see the cloud evolving to a "legitimate" ransom scheme where you have to pay to have access to what you thought you owned. Many software companies are moving to a cloud based subscription model. Google offers a cloud based storage service, at a cost. What happens if you don't pay ? Hardware that restricts your ability to store locally only serves to push you to the cloud.

Apple is no better or worse in this regard. Apple buyers on the other hand blindly accept what Apple mandates, and would cry bloody murder if Microsoft tried to do the same things....

Best, Ross

Disclosure- we have several iPhones and an iPad. Only one child prefers a MacBook (pro), the rest of us are steadfastly PC.


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