The promise of the linux desktop was already not delivered for a decade and then the mobile revolution happened and it set things back for a second decade. But

The promise of the linux desktop was already not delivered for a decade and then the mobile revolution happened and it set things back for a second decade. But as the capabilities of software become ever more profound (see e.g AI tools) there will be a moment where the advantage of apps working with local personal data and the huge collection of open source tools will be dramatic. At that moment the KDE community (and other FOSS communities) that toiled for decades will be vindicated in a massive way. The way to accelerate that is to integrate local AI in common apps along with the imaginative use of open data from osm and wikipedia and native support for fediverse platforms. For a long time foss computing was about emulating walled gardens. Its getting now to a phase where paths must split and human-centric computing comes of age.