[michael_pica]

Would be interesting to find a way to emulate the Amazon back end to either a local server or at least a private cloud account. I think with more and more appliances and other hardware being useless when not attached to a paid service we'll see consumer interest in making it work without the service.

Not sure that consumer interest will ever translate into action unless the "offline" hack ends up being easier to implement than the original service plan, consumers tend to be more driven by convenience over cost. But I think there are a small sub-set of us who just want to actually own what we own.

[jqpabc123]

But I think there are a small sub-set of us who just want to actually own what we own.

See my other post. The hardware and software to do your own is available. But Joe Public will most likely just use Amazon --- or worse (server in China).