Exactly. The SAAS model for creative software only benefits the service provider. Modern laptop CPUs are really fast - there's no non-business reason to outsource my IDE workloads to a datacenter.
I don’t think individual developers is the target audience for this.
This might be an excellent solutions for companies that hire remote contractors, no need to provide VDI or VPN access which requires you to open your network more than this.
This + Office 365 means that you can grant easy and extremely restricted access to external entities to deliver code and work collaboratively with your internal teams.
> non-business reason to outsource my IDE workloads to a datacenter.
I'm not sure what non-business reasons matter, perhaps you meant corporate mandates dictated from above?
I've made the switch to cloudbased IDE's and they are fantastic.
Granted I have my work laptop, a spare laptop (running OSX for historical reasons), and a powerful PC. The cloud IDE's--specifically AWS Cloud9, allows me to seamlessly switch between them.
It also means, I never have to carry a laptop with me. I just need my phone, and desktop class browser for emergency scenarios.
