• DFX4509B
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    131 month ago

    How is deleting locally-stored files on your home PC going to save water, when your hardware sips resources vs. any AI datacenter in existence?

        • @[email protected]
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          1 month ago

          Yeah they do, it has absolutely become the norm and has been for several years. It may not be the norm among Lemmy users, but general public absolutely do use cloud storage for especially pictures.

        • Pennomi
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          81 month ago

          I’m not sure that’s true any more. Microsoft all but forces you to use OneDrive by default these days.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 month ago

          Most people only have a smartphone and maybe a tablet, and don’t have personal PC or laptop. Android and iOS automatically upload stuff to the cloud (at least photos).

      • melroy
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        21 month ago

        Cloud is just my own Nextcloud, hosted from my own garage. And trust me, it’s using zero water.