Imagine a photographer from the 1900s who had to pay to develop every roll of film reading and reacting to this.

I don't use the cloud. Just lightroom classic and some offline storage. You can buy a very small and portable 4tb HDD for under $100.[1]

Hacker news is turning into a cesspool of self pity. As if the cloud is some huge step backward and there is no other way to do things. Cry me a river.

[1] https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/portable-drives/wd-...