Local-First Software:You Own Your Data, in Spite of the Cloud (2019) [pdf]
These kinds of ideas always get traction here on HN or similar places (slashdot), but I think that ship has long sailed. People, by and large, seem to be totally okay with storing data in the cloud -- from Dropbox, to Google Docs, to InVision. All things considered, data breaches are rare, and if they <i>do</i> happen, they're usually to be blamed on configuration blunders, not the services at large.<p>Other than a few highly-specialized niches (InfoSec, government, military), the de-facto reality is that online-first collaboration pros seem to outweigh the cons.