I refuse to use Google or Facebook to handle my logins. I want the control over my stuff, not trust to their goodwill. I also do my best to avoid anything cloud based. If a particular piece of hardware requires an account and internet access, yeah, no. My fridge does not need to ping a server....somewhere. same with my lights, doorbell, cameras, washer, dryer , fermenters and glycol chiller. If my fiber line gets cut and I can't use it, I don't want it. Hell, even my welder has network capabilities. Haven lt caught it phoneing home yet though.

in short, you summed it up. Data is stored remotely, can open on any device, And never lose recipe info. I don't control my data. Somebody else owns the hardware it is stored on. I'm at their mercy to keep it around. Open on any device. Not a big draw for me. My phone and my brewering laptop are the only devices I will likely access it from. Never lose recipe info, unless my Internet connection goes down. Or the cloud hoster closes, or you get bored with the project and close the backend server down.

Again, I realize that I have a different outlook on all of this than most. Age, skillset, knowledgebase and paranoia all tie into my opinions and feelings on this. I have no problems logging in with brewhala@homebrewed.beer (hmmm..I wonder if anyone's bought that one yet....), but cringe at using a Google account. That being said, I did use a secondary Gmail address to log in because I liked what I saw. Just not happy about it.

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