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You got it (almost) all wrong

In Reply to: owning my 'own' information....cloud computing and web 2.xx is out of control posted by Tom Schuman on October 21, 2014 at 09:21:51:

Your complaint is like buying a regular phone but complaining that you have to connect it to the wall and use local and long distance phone providers.
In Win 8.1 you need to create account and password for your system that gives you access to the Cloud. After that you can disconnect from the Cloud. I have been disconnected for 2 years now with no problems.
Android phone: point of having one is to have everything synchronized and therefore you have to be connected to some service - for Android it is Google. Further, you do not have to synchronize anything - you can turn it off item by item, account by account and type by type. I let Android synchronizes e-mail/Address book/Calendar, and keep everything else local.
Also, I do not know about your phone, but several different Androids I have let you back up everything locally. As your e-mail/calendar/address book are already on the web, I see no point of not using what is already saved, but photos documents, etc. I keep local and copy to computer when I want.
So to summarize, if you do not want features of the smartphone do not buy one. If you want to use them, you have to be connected to internet and you have to have account. No one forces you to use the Cloud.

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - owning my 'own' information....cloud computing and web 2.xx is out of control - Tom Schuman 09:21:51 10/21/14 (7)

You got it (almost) all wrong - Stale 10:08:41 10/21/14 (4)

i don't think you understand... - Tom Schuman 13:31:03 10/21/14 (3)

RE: i don't think you understand... - Hi-Fi Hokie 12:18:34 10/22/14 (0)

No, YOU do not understand it - Stale 09:48:21 10/22/14 (1)

thanks... - Tom Schuman 00:52:54 10/23/14 (0)

I feel your pain, brother. - free.ranger 09:37:28 10/21/14 (0)

also, i now cannot make a phone call without IP telephony... - Tom Schuman 09:25:09 10/21/14 (0)

Follow Ups

You got it (almost) all wrong - Stale 10:08:41 10/21/14 (4)

i don't think you understand... - Tom Schuman 13:31:03 10/21/14 (3)

RE: i don't think you understand... - Hi-Fi Hokie 12:18:34 10/22/14 (0)

No, YOU do not understand it - Stale 09:48:21 10/22/14 (1)

thanks... - Tom Schuman 00:52:54 10/23/14 (0)

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