Apology not needed for promotion; I'm biased, but I think far too much emphasis is put on services that encourage needless reliance on constant connectivity and

Apology not needed for promotion; I'm biased, but I think far too much emphasis is put on services that encourage needless reliance on constant connectivity and third parties' servers. Offering an alternative is welcome. As for local storage, even on smaller capacity devices, there's a whole lot that can be kept - why, for instance, does a todo list, addressbook, appointment manager, workout tracker, etc, etc, need to connect to a remote server for it's very basest of functions? Sure, backup, synchronization, sharing, etc need connectivity, but those aren't (IMHO, shouldn't be) the main focus of these apps.