Doesn't seem wise to entirely trust your data to a single entity. Can we be sure dropbox will still exist in 5, 10 years time?
What happens when your net connection fails?
Local storage will forever be around, in some form.
What happens when your net connection fails?
Local storage will forever be around, in some form.
Actually the majority of computer users have no form of backup, despite how easy it should be. Lose your laptop/iPhone/hdd crash, and many people find themselves lost with no backup.
Of course local storage will be around, in some form. But my guess is that that form will just be a cache, and for some people, a mirror of everything on a small box (NAS/plugpc type device) at home, which they can take everywhere for convenience.