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Re:Local First, Forever by deegles on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @12:10PM (#40790296)
Why not have it phone home to verify a subscription or a license key? Plenty of apps used to do this back in the day.
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Re:Local First, Forever by braden-lk on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @12:19PM (#40790380)
Certainly! It's what we do currently-- it's just not viewed as "true local-first" if you do this, as there's a server-auth-dependency by definition. Local-first has a bit of FOSS-esque philosophy mixed in. (Which I love! But... also gotta make money to keep the lights on.)
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