[CaptainFever]

> But if you're sharing with someone - especially something sensitive - you probably need access controls.

Not sure how this differs from "sending a file to someone and having them promise not to send it to others".

The only thing "shared links with access controls" adds is real time sync. Which seems to be the point of your article? I'm very confused.

Because that's just an abstraction; they can still make a local copy anytime. Access controls don't magically close the analog hole.

In other words, streaming (or real time collab) is just sending copies of the file over and having their computer promise to delete it afterwards. But if we have control of our own computing (and we should), we can just override that and not delete the data that we already have.

Also, just in case: no, adding even more laws or social rules (i.e. bullying) because "collaborative docs feels different from copied files" is wrong. People have a right to remember and a right to control their computing.