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I want the opposite. No cloud dependencies. Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/
by hueving 9y ago
I want the opposite. No cloud dependencies.
Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks. If you proposed a 3MB web page with 300ms API calls for every action and called that a replacement for an app for anyone with an unreliable/heavily metered connection you would be laughed out of the room. Yet that's the status quo of 'modern stacks'.
It's eye-opening how useless a $1000 smartphone is in the middle of the outback, in the Yukon, etc. We've regressed to dumb terminals with the cost of decentralized computers.
- pjmlp 9y agoThere a difference though, shinny Web UIs instead of green phosphor character based terminals. :)
- blub 9y agoThe Sony DPT-RP1 is a large e-ink reading device that works offline, but it's not available in Europe, just Japan and US. And of course they're getting some poor reviews for not having some bullshit cloud sync. Edit: I've heard Sony takes some privacy liberties with their EULA, so check that and maybe block their desktop app from connecting to the internet.
- PeCaN 9y agoAs of a few years ago the DPT-RP1 isn't even available in the US anymore, only Japan.
- dalbasal 9y agoAlways-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks .. ...and people with tendency to distraction, procrastination or addiction-ish habits.