The cloud is DRM. If the software doesn't run locally or only parts of it do, then it's impossible to pirate. It's also possible to impose a continuous rent on

The cloud is DRM. If the software doesn't run locally or only parts of it do, then it's impossible to pirate. It's also possible to impose a continuous rent on users. If the user can run disconnected that's hard to enforce. That's really the motive for a lot of things going cloud.