But most of the services that you listed are struggling and aren't very successful.
I don't know exactly why, but maybe because of:
Higher costs.
Your company would have to pay for both your laptop and a cloud machine.
You'd still need an expensive laptop, even if the workload happens in the cloud.
Vendor lock-in, availability and price increases.
The vendor might randomly increase the prices as they please, because they know migrating would be more expensive.
And maybe when you need it the most, you'll see a "Under maintenance" message.
Frustrating experience. I did connect to various workspaces on different cloud providers (including AWS), and even with my fast internet, it's not the best experience.
I would definitely use such a service in the future, when those downsides will be less painful.
Nice article!
But most of the services that you listed are struggling and aren't very successful.
I don't know exactly why, but maybe because of:
Higher costs.
Your company would have to pay for both your laptop and a cloud machine.
You'd still need an expensive laptop, even if the workload happens in the cloud.
Vendor lock-in, availability and price increases.
The vendor might randomly increase the prices as they please, because they know migrating would be more expensive.
And maybe when you need it the most, you'll see a "Under maintenance" message.
Frustrating experience. I did connect to various workspaces on different cloud providers (including AWS), and even with my fast internet, it's not the best experience.
I would definitely use such a service in the future, when those downsides will be less painful.
That’s really interesting, how do you know that?
I think you can tell that just by following TechCrunch and by following startups from that area.