# Cloud computing is bad

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cloud-computing-is-bad/101975>\
**Category:** Alphas & Betas\
**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cloud-computing-is-bad/101975 "2024-03-21T12:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![erilily](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@erilily](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/erilily)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cloud-computing-is-bad/101975/1 "2024-03-21T12:47:41Z")

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Hello. I noticed an advertisement for the new version and that it adds “cloud” functionality. I had to register just to give the feedback that I am very disappointed by this inclusion. Cloud computing is a horrible thing, and a attack on personal computing and individual software ownership. I don’t think it’s a good direction to go and always find it majorly disappointing to see more and more projects abandon tried and true methods of software distribution for a mere service outside the user’s control. Sure, good ol localhost is still there, but cloud functionality is very threatening and I wish people would not implement such things. I know this is the direction the industry wants to go no matter if users actually want it or not, but gotta try at least a little to change opinion against it. When your computer is under a cloud, it is always overcast. With the preservation of personal computing, we can stay grounded from the oncoming thunderstorm.

additional reading:

> **[Stallman: Cloud computing is 'stupidity'](https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/stallman-cloud-computing-is-stupidity/)**
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> The Free Software Foundation founder says that the industry's latest trend ultimately will result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs for users.

[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html)

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**Author:** ![LWinterberg](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/lwinterberg/32/29633_2.png) [@LWinterberg](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/LWinterberg)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cloud-computing-is-bad/101975/2 "2024-03-21T13:10:39Z")

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I think you’re missing the point a bit. The functionality in question is off-site backup and project collaboration. Cloud computing (as in, applying effects online) is not an offering.

Additionally, another feature that’s coming up is a more tight integration of intel’s openVINO plugins, which gets AI functionality users currently almost exclusively get through cloud computing back onto their own computers.

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**Author:** ![waxcylinder](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/waxcylinder/32/37068_2.png) [@waxcylinder](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/waxcylinder)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cloud-computing-is-bad/101975/3 "2024-03-21T13:13:59Z")

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Muse are NOT making the application cloud-based. Rather they are giving users the _option_ to store their projects and exported data file in their cloud (partly to facilitate sharing and cooperative projects.

Audacity still has to be installed and run on your computer - and even though a project may be opened from the cloud is is NOT worked on directly in the cloud - rather Audacity uses temporary workspace on your local computer.

Peter.