I'll buy that.
I just find the headline and article to be a rather sweeping generalization that doesn't apply to everyone. Even the blog departments doesn't narrow it down at all. My objection is only that this sort of thinking supports the removal of freedom to run any sort of platform we like. I'm already concerned about losing the ability to have hardware platforms which allow us to run whatever OS or applications we like. I rue the day where all data is in the cloud and we are at the mercy of service providers and governments who can cut you off and rifle through your stuff. It's too easy when you can't physically control your hardware, including storage.
The other issue I have with cloud services is this: People love to whine about P2P users using bandwidth. The same complaint should apply to all the commercial offerings which gratuitously ship bits back and forth across the net, whether it is entertainment (e.g., Netflix) or other cloud services. Further, ISPs raising their rates, also always gratuitously, could bring computing to a screeching halt for anyone not in what passes for the middle class these days or above.
I'm not saying that your one opinion is going to change the entire model, or that you are personally responsible for any unintended (by you) consequences. I am saying that this general attitude spread across the industry is a potential threat to a lot of people and their computing freedom. All it takes is hardware manufacturers to find no further profit in building x86/x64 architecture components because they are unneeded to support a bootable HTML5 rendering engine. And if there is no longer any freedom, I could care less about convenience for businesses, mobile users, and providers.
