# Compute should be as free as air and water

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-11-14
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network: A New Era of Affordable, Decentralized Cloud Computing with Greg Osuri \| Varuni (Thecoinrepublic)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:03 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-7d8tU3WQ&t=483s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-11-14-compute-should-be-as-free-as-air-and-water-ilmo/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Compute should be as free as air and water," Akash Network: A New Era of Affordable, Decentralized Cloud Computing with Greg Osuri \| Varuni (Thecoinrepublic), 14 Nov 2024, 00:08:03. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-7d8tU3WQ&t=483s

## Quote — verbatim

> In a world where we have heavy censorship, having a layer that is considered to be the public utility — right, compute — should be as free as the air we breathe and water we drink, and that is a foundation that humanity can accelerate on, and that foundation needs to be permissionless.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The third and "most important" benefit of Akash after GPU access and 80%-cheaper cost: permissionless compute as public utility.