Not all software has to be SaaS. Self-hosting is easier than ever nowadays, devices a lot more capable. Soon, smartphones will be able to run powerful LLMs lo

Not all software has to be SaaS. Self-hosting is easier than ever nowadays, devices a lot more capable. Soon, smartphones will be able to run powerful LLMs locally, so no need to use a paid GPT app subscription. Take Photoshop for example, it's a product that runs locally on your computer. Why would you pay a yearly subscrption for it instead of a pay-once, use forever? I understand (optionally) paying for updates, but not just to keep using a product that is already on your computer