Almost every app (and many games) being made nowadays are thin clients making api calls where all the work is done on the server.<p>I don&#x27;t like it. I like having games from decades ago and still being able to play them long after the companies are dead and its employees working on other things.<p>On my own time I try to come up with software that can run entirely without the need to communicate with servers, or even without internet access.<p>The only problem with that is the software becomes that much easier to pirate, but oh well, I guess. I care more about the longevity of my work for my personal projects than whether or not I&#x27;m going to make the megabucks with them.<p>And honestly, for a few games I&#x27;ve worked on for companies in the past, pirates are the only thing keeping those games accessible at all.