The TechBeat: The Case for a Decentralized Cloud: How Vendor Lock-in Broke Cloud Storage (6/14/2025) | HackerNoon

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**[The Case for a Decentralized Cloud:

How Vendor Lock-in Broke Cloud Storage](https://hackernoon.com/the-case-for-a-decentralized-cloud-how-vendor-lock-in-broke-cloud-storage)**
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