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Local-first software (2019)

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868 points gasull | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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cyanydeez ◴[05 Jul 25 15:17 UTC] No.44473335[source]▶
Local first is almost equates to both privacy protective and public software good.

Essentially antithetical to capitalism, especially America's toxic late stage subscription based enshittification.

Which means its typically a labor of love or a government org has a long term understanding of Software as a Infrastructure (as opposed to SaaS)

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1. bigyabai ◴[05 Jul 25 17:22 UTC] No.44474153[source]▶
"Local first" is neither equivalent to privacy protection or public software good. Many businesses sell local-first software that still contains remote backdoors[0] you cannot control. And it most certainly doesn't ensure "public software good" when there is zero obligation to improve the upstream or empower users to seek alternatives.

I would sooner trust a GPL-licensed remote software program than store a kilobyte of personally identifying information in a proprietary "local first" system.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/06/apple-governments-surve...