Offline is just online with extreme latency
What&#x27;s old is new again.<p>Remember when there was no &quot;cloud&quot; and just locally executing software with local persistence?<p>I want very much to return to that. There are a few use cases for me, personally, where SaaS &#x2F; &quot;the cloud&quot; makes sense but for 99% of what I use a computer for, I want local only. I don&#x27;t want my application to require an active Internet connection. I don&#x27;t want it sending data to someone else&#x27;s computer. Probably most importantly, I don&#x27;t want the software that I pay for to change on me without my direct opt-in.<p>The fact that we have articles about offline-first, cloud is &quot;optional&quot; is hilarious when this was just normal every day software only a few short years ago. I can&#x27;t stand how trend-happy our industry is. &quot;The Cloud&quot; and &quot;SaaS&quot; solved a few problems for a few people ... but we went all in as if there were no alternatives and those of us who don&#x27;t require mobility and would prefer that we can choose when to &quot;upgrade&quot; and what data to &quot;share&quot; were left behind.