It should be part of other apps, where the option of storage class (local/cloud) is configured. Sure it's something you sign up for and install stuff to accomplish, but in that way it's like a driver or support for a file system.
E.g. I never, ever run Dropbox's 'app'. I have no interest in their weird way of looking at files. I just want my docs to be available everywhere. That's it.
> E.g. I never, ever run Dropbox's 'app'. I have no interest in their weird way of looking at files. I just want my docs to be available everywhere. That's it.
Thank you. This is the kind of intuitive example I was seeking.
IIRC this came up when Apple tried to buy Dropbox - it was a way to accelerate the building of iCloud Drive. The Files app is essentially Apple's version of Dropbox, they make money charging for storage.
From what I recall a MSFT executive made a similar comment to Google that search was not a product (which turned out to be true).
How do we know for certain (certain) that Search is not a product? After all, hasn't Google made billions off of it? If it's not a product, then is it a feature? What is it a feature of? If neither product nor feature, what is it?
It sure is a product when the incumbents won't support that "feature".
Microsoft wants to write to it's cloud(s), apple wants to write to icloud, phones, laptops, desktops, etc.
Apple still protects their "not a product" icloud by saving lots of things there that it won't let you do yourself, then sort of scares you into paying for it.
sigh. Would be great to have a decent personal icloud.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 48.0 ms ] threadE.g. I never, ever run Dropbox's 'app'. I have no interest in their weird way of looking at files. I just want my docs to be available everywhere. That's it.
Thank you. This is the kind of intuitive example I was seeking.
From what I recall a MSFT executive made a similar comment to Google that search was not a product (which turned out to be true).
Similarly for iCloud Drive / Dropbox, what they charge you for is storage, not the ability to look things up.
Search is a feature of the index / overall data catalog.
Microsoft wants to write to it's cloud(s), apple wants to write to icloud, phones, laptops, desktops, etc.
Apple still protects their "not a product" icloud by saving lots of things there that it won't let you do yourself, then sort of scares you into paying for it.
sigh. Would be great to have a decent personal icloud.