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Elizabeth Tai | ζˆ΄η§€ι“ƒ πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ

"When an app is cloud-based, its performance is limited by the speed of its connection to the central server and how quickly that server can reply. With a local-first app, the user’s device runs all the code. The better your laptop or smartphone gets, the more the app can do."

I now prefer to have local-first software, mostly because I want freedom from unexpected changes & more control over my data.

#Tech #Software #Cloud

wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a

3 Sep 2023 at 12:07 | Open on hachyderm.io
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Bob Irving
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@liztai Cloud-based also uses more electricity over all because all the data has to be pinged back and forth.
Maybe not a lot for a single user, but it's one of the many things which adds up at scale.

3 Sep 2023 at 14:25 | Open on zirk.us
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@liztai

I might be mistaken, but I feel like it adds another layer of lock-in as well. Now, not only can the file format be proprietary, but the use is linked entirely to the web site as well.

Google Drive is good about making downloads in several *usable* formats.

Canva (for example) much less so. PressBooks (for "open content" books) even less so, imo.

Local software and local data.

If only #k12 educators would understand this.

3 Sep 2023 at 15:03 | Open on twit.social
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