alt Hacker NewsI don't know, I think you're conflating content streaming with central compute.
Also, is percentage of screentime the relevant metric? We moved TV consumption to the PC, does that take away from PCs?
Many apps moved to the web but that's basically just streamed code to be run in a local VM. Is that a dumb terminal? It's not exactly local compute independent...
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eru • 11/04/2025
> I don't know, I think you're conflating content streaming with central compute.
Would you classify eg gmail as 'content streaming'?
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Nah, your parent comment has a valid point.
Nearly entirety of the use cases of computers today don't involve running things on a 'personal computer' in any way.
In fact these days, every one kind of agrees as little as hosting a spreadsheet on your computer is a bad idea. Cloud, where everything is backed up is the way to go.