There isn't really an alternative, right? Almost everything is "in the cloud" nowadays, and a few large companies rule the cloud market. Moving back to running nodes at home, through your own local ISP, isn't ideal either.
But you certainly have much more control than using computer from someone else.I can understand some people are using cloud services for all kind of data that is not sensitive, but if you use it for private confidential stuff you can end up like Hunter Biden...with all your dirty stuff going online.
If we want something to be decentralized we can't expect big brother to do a good job hosting our nodes, and in few months they will probably start to have problems with electricity.
Truth be told: the internet is getting much more centralized and controlled, and less free, as time goes by.
There are discussions on Bitcointalk [1] and elsewhere about ideas how to create a new network, independent from the internet.
Internet was always centralized, but there was much more freedom than now.There are discussions on Bitcointalk [1] and elsewhere about ideas how to create a new network, independent from the internet.
Things are getting worse for sure, and I am expecting to see Ministry of Truth coming soon with digital identity, so I am not sure if we are going to be able to talk like this in next few years, without some special permission.
