So if I don’t have an internet connection, I can’t even boot my computer?
While I personally hate this Idea as well, I have to admit, that there could certainly be rather significant upsides for users.
Cheap Chromebook-like Laptops, but can run Video Games, Video Encodings, Finite Element Analyses, Computational Fluid Dynamics etc no problem. "Your" PC can be accessible from your phone in a Pinch.
You open a weird Link and got a Virus? No problem, just roll back your "PC"
Your home floods/burns down? All the images from your children are still safe.
Never being bothered by needing a hardware upgrade.
Yup, that was what I understood it to be, I'll admit to just skimming the article, but it seemed rather directly that?