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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by taylodl on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:36AM (#36986581)
And there are good reasons why we abandoned that approach 20 years ago. It's a nightmare to support.
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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by capableweb on Thursday August 03, 2023 @12:33PM (#36988118)
Yup, and probably computers today is just a divergent and unique as computers were 20 years ago, so no need to ever look into this issue again. I guess that's the reason there is basically 0 good desktop applications in today's modern computing world, I certainly cannot think of a single successful desktop application.

Good thinking!

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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by mixmastamyk on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:12PM (#36995076)
It’s just a local copy of many, and can run even when offline. Like git. No nightmares.
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