The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer

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  1. A skeptical phrase reminding people that cloud services still run on physical hardware owned and operated by another party, with all the trust and dependency implications that follow. It pushes back on magical thinking about cloud abstraction.

    In plain English: Cloud computing still means your stuff is running on someone else's machines.

    Example: "Remember, the cloud is just someone else's computer, so read the data residency terms carefully."

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