I had never heard of cloud computing before this assignment. The only benefit I could see for libraries is saving on the cost of software and licenses.
I agree with the comments about privacy issues. I know how easily computers get hacked all the time, but how confident are "cloud computing" users on the security of the server that hosts their files and other data.
I guess I can understand photos and music, because those applications have been around for sometime, but I don't have how it would be for me to type up a project and just leave it out there. I'm sure it would not be that much different from email, but as I said before, email passwords are hacked all the time, so I don't know how this would be any different.
And even though wi-fi is so common these days, what happens if you're stuck in a location that does not have internet access and you need to access your files? Sure you could have backups, but what would be the point?
I definitely do not see myself jumping on this bandwagon.
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