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Apple co-founder thinks the cloud will be "horrendous"
Steve Wozniak isn’t a fan of storing all his data online. The Apple co-founder says the idea of everyone uploading everything they own to the cloud is going to be “horrendous.”Speaking after Mike Daisey’s one-man show The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Woz let his thoughts on the cloud be known.”I really worry about everything going to the cloud,” he said.
Steve Wozniak isn’t a fan of storing all his data online. The Apple co-founder says the idea of everyone uploading everything they own to the cloud is going to be “horrendous.”Speaking after Mike Daisey’s one-man show The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Woz let his thoughts on the cloud be known.”I really worry about everything going to the cloud,” he said.
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