Comments on: When services die and take your data with them http://www.rarst.net/web/services-die/ cynical thoughts on software and web Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rarst http://www.rarst.net/web/services-die/#comment-7059 Rarst Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:23:53 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=304#comment-7059 @Ben Yeah, there is a lot of fuss about Feedburner lately. I think it's bit overhyped. Anyway I had my feeds set up with MyBrand so I have control over feed URLs and can leave FeedBurner any time if I want to. :) Again - good and free function that increases your control over stuff but how many bloggers bother to use it? @MK That was kinda my goal. :) We don't think about web services the same way about local apps (install, save files, make backup, move to another app). But we should. @Ben

Yeah, there is a lot of fuss about Feedburner lately. I think it’s bit overhyped. Anyway I had my feeds set up with MyBrand so I have control over feed URLs and can leave FeedBurner any time if I want to. :) Again – good and free function that increases your control over stuff but how many bloggers bother to use it?

@MK

That was kinda my goal. :) We don’t think about web services the same way about local apps (install, save files, make backup, move to another app). But we should.

]]> By: MK http://www.rarst.net/web/services-die/#comment-7055 MK Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:28:18 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=304#comment-7055 So, to summarize it all: 1) Look for backup function in services that you use. 2) Never put too much trust in the whole cloud-computing hype. Drat. Now you make me more paranoid Rarst. I better go reorganize my email and Delicious now. So, to summarize it all:

1) Look for backup function in services that you use.
2) Never put too much trust in the whole cloud-computing hype.

Drat. Now you make me more paranoid Rarst. I better go reorganize my email and Delicious now.

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://www.rarst.net/web/services-die/#comment-7054 Ben Tremblay Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:31:31 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=304#comment-7054 That's funny because I was thinking about the exact same thing this week. There are a lot of services we rely on that are hosted by third parties and there are no guarantees these services will exist forever. Take Feedburner for example: the blogging community relies on it, what if tomorrow the service dies for whatever reason? The same goes for a lot of other services and that's why I try not to put the "core" of my activities into another business hands. Ben. That’s funny because I was thinking about the exact same thing this week. There are a lot of services we rely on that are hosted by third parties and there are no guarantees these services will exist forever. Take Feedburner for example: the blogging community relies on it, what if tomorrow the service dies for whatever reason?

The same goes for a lot of other services and that’s why I try not to put the “core” of my activities into another business hands.

Ben.

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