You're not the first person that I hear having the exact same issue, and it's a very real one. IMHO, the problem isn't with local-first application themselves.

You're not the first person that I hear having the exact same issue, and it's a very real one. IMHO, the problem isn't with local-first application themselves. The problem is that our economic system rewards players responsible for vendor-locking (and any sort of similar practices), while providing no support (or even livelihood) for folks focusing on delivering a great product free of artificial restrictions.