Networks don't change over time. Centralized "application-servers" do. Making applications network-dependent when they don't need to be is a part of the problem

Networks don't change over time. Centralized "application-servers" do. Making applications network-dependent when they don't need to be is a part of the problem. Security vulnerabilities don't change OS APIs. OS APIs are one of the most stable constructs in computing. There is a huge subset of software that doesn't require interaction over the network, and can be written to last. And even inherently network-dependent applications could be written using p2p technologies, making them independent on anyone's computer. Just because the everything sucks right now doesn't mean it has to.