• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Why distributed? Having your data tied to a blockchain seems unnecessarily complicated, and it essentially puts your data at risk if the bulk of the community moves to the next hot thing.

      We really need to decouple storage from the apps themselves. Whether you use distributed storage, local storage, or something commercially backed like S3 should be a choice separate from the app you use to view and edit your data.

      I self-host Collabora (online version of LibreOffice; OnlyOffice is another option), and my data lives on my NAS, but it could just as easily live on S3 or some distributed data store.

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        (Not op) Its distrubuted so you don’t lose your content if something happens to one location.

        Just browsing the landing page, it looks like the blockchain part offers proof of ownership and strict access controls without having to use a centralized service, which is needed in some form if it’s distrubuted.

        I imagine but haven’t seen that it might handle payments for having things be distrubuted as well, which would have meant having to include credit cards otherwise which would complicate things like micro payments to any given person hosting your content.

        Edit: also this is the kind of thing that should use an S3 compatible API so you don’t get locked in as you said. It’d let you move the data between providers effortlessly.

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      Well this software is more intended for administrative staff working for the government, so I don’t think that decentralisation is their goal here.

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      I agree but having two major countries using this might be a good move for more efforts from nations. I know Canada still uses all M$FT platforms and recently moved to EXO.

      Purpose built projects like this would be easy for public servants to adopt and adapt their workflow.

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        I wish we did with more open source and local software. My school in Canada has some agreement with Microsoft so we have to use everything from them.
        The school mail used for all accounts is hosted by outlook
        The databases are all azure
        The 2fa app on our phone to boot the school computer has to be Microsoft (even gave me shit because I am root…)
        Teams
        We had a whole course for a year on how to use word.

        It’s a public school. Obviously with this most students will move to the USA for higher pay, we are literally subsidizing the USA education.

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          The school board here uses Google, and Microsoft… I emailed their board and the province’s privacy commissionaire asking why. I grew up with an agenda, and that shit worked better than using a website and email for JK/SK aged kids.

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      Yeah agreed - anything not FOSS is just setting up another bad situation waiting to happen