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I think there are a lot of advantages to a local app: 1. richer interface 2. lower latency 3. no need to share sensitive data with a third party 1 & 2 are les
by hermitcrab 7y ago
I think there are a lot of advantages to a local app:
1. richer interface
2. lower latency
3. no need to share sensitive data with a third party
1 & 2 are less of an issue than they used to be, but 3 is still a major issue.
- dangoor 7y agoThat's all true. I think the advantages to a server-based app are 1. available from any device, 2. able to operate on your behalf at any time There's a reasonable place for both. Getting data and operating on it is a pretty fundamental need!
- hermitcrab 7y agoYes, a web-based solution is going to be better for some use cases. But if you have a load of sensitive data files to wrangle then a desktop app is hard to beat.