This can work, but increasingly there is benefit from local, including places that want data to be secure and not in the cloud. This is a thing. It's normal. It's just new to people who haven't realized how common it is.
I agree, and it's not necessary for agents to run as root and full access to data.
There has always been a trade off sold to consumers of security vs convenience and a belief that giving up a little security gets a lot of convenience.
It ends up being often about a convenience of adopting the new tech, not necessarily in a way that's in the best long term interests of each party.
This can work, but increasingly there is benefit from local, including places that want data to be secure and not in the cloud. This is a thing. It's normal. It's just new to people who haven't realized how common it is.
Agents running as root and data to be secure do not fit well in the same sentence
I agree, and it's not necessary for agents to run as root and full access to data.
There has always been a trade off sold to consumers of security vs convenience and a belief that giving up a little security gets a lot of convenience.
It ends up being often about a convenience of adopting the new tech, not necessarily in a way that's in the best long term interests of each party.