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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by thaumasiotes on Saturday July 05, 2025 @03:02PM (#44474770)
> You can find tons of purely local apps tha[t] monetize themselves with a[d]s.

How do they do that without hitting the internet?

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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by kid64 on Saturday July 05, 2025 @03:07PM (#44474794)
It's "local first", not "local only".
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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by thaumasiotes on Saturday July 05, 2025 @04:08PM (#44475163)
Sorry, a "purely local app" isn't "local only"?
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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by satvikpendem on Saturday July 05, 2025 @05:49PM (#44475843)
You can hardcode ads into each build that don't need Internet access.
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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by kid64 on Saturday July 05, 2025 @07:29PM (#44476384)
Well if you're gonna get all accurate on me...
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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by senko on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:07AM (#44478509)
Not OP, but no.

IMHO, a fully local app is an app that can run locally with all the functionality, not that it's isolated from everything else.

Browser, email client (running locally on your device such as Mail.app, mutt, Outlook,...), Zed (text editor, runs locally but can check for updates... as can many other modern apps)...

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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by charcircuit on Saturday July 05, 2025 @03:23PM (#44474906)
Point 3 from the article is

>3. The network is optional

Ad SDKs usually allow caching ads for a period of time so that ads can still be shown while the device is temporarily offline.

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Re:Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the ... by free_bip on Saturday July 05, 2025 @04:41PM (#44475386)
i could be wrong but I think they're referring to the winrar model, where there are occasional "annoyances" that you can either ignore or pay to get rid of.
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