The Problem

The current cloud computing paradigm, while revolutionary when introduced, has evolved into a system that increasingly serves provider interests over user needs.

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Monopolistic Market Structure

Three providers control 66% of the global cloud market:

• AWS: 32% market share
• Azure: 23% market share
• GCP: 11% market share

This oligopoly enables:

• Arbitrary pricing with 30-50% profit margins
• Lack of price competition in many regions
• Coordinated pricing strategies across providers
• Barriers to market entry for new competitors

Result: Customers have limited alternatives and face continuous price increases.

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Vendor Lock-In

Cloud providers deliberately create switching costs through:

• Proprietary APIs incompatible with competitors
• Specialized services that don’t exist elsewhere
• Data egress fees making migration expensive
• Training and expertise tied to specific platforms

Result: Customers become captive to their initial choice, even as better alternatives emerge.

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Resource Inefficiency

Current estimates suggest:

• 85% of global computing capacity is idle at any given time
• $100B+ in unused hardware value depreciates annually
• Massive environmental cost from underutilized data centers
• Capital waste as hardware sits unused while new capacity is built

Result: Enormous waste of both capital and environmental resources.

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Access Inequality

Centralized cloud creates geographic and economic barriers:

• Limited presence in developing regions
• High latency from distant data centers
• Expensive pricing prohibitive for small users
• Payment barriers (credit cards, enterprise contracts)

Result: Innovation and economic opportunities concentrated in wealthy regions.

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Privacy and Control Concerns

Users must trust centralized providers with:

• Sensitive data processed on provider hardware
• Proprietary algorithms running on provider infrastructure
• Compliance with unknown internal policies
• Government access via legal compulsion

Result: Loss of control and potential privacy breaches.

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The Opportunity

These problems create a clear opportunity for a decentralized alternative that can:

• ✅ Enable competitive pricing through open markets
• ✅ Prevent vendor lock-in with portable workloads
• ✅ Maximize resource utilization globally
• ✅ Democratize access to computational power
• ✅ Restore user control and privacy