The &quot;asymmetric&quot; way that phones work have tangible drawbacks for consumers, even if they are not power users. However, since the competition in the space is so fierce, I feel confident that it&#x27;s only a matter of time until the situation improves.<p>I think in a few years phones will have significant &quot;mesh-net&quot; capabilities and will maintain significant amounts of distributed data using paxos and&#x2F;or blockchain-style algorithms. It&#x27;s only a matter of time before the &quot;thin client&quot; and server-driven software era will end.