Almost everyone plays games locally on their PC. Companies keep trying to provide cloud-gaming services, but people don't really like it. You rely on your internet connection, you don't own the games, you don't own your data, etc.
Why isn't software the same? Why are most services/apps "cloud-based"?
I think that the next iOS/Android app revolution will be AI applications that run locally.
Not only that, but also other apps, like games, will be enhanced with dynamic, locally-generated content.
Without on-device, edge-processing, game devs can not afford to provide dynamically generated content for each player. But, if players can run the models on their device, game developers can simply provide the models, prompts and run them locally.
So, given that local devices are getting more and more powerful, why aren't there more tools/apps released that run locally?
Follow the money... $X/month, over Y months, is worth a lot more than a one time payment of $Z.
> why aren't there more tools/apps released that run locally?
There are plenty, but you have to make the choice to use them. Every app on my android phone runs locally with no "cloud" anything for any of them. But few users care enough to "just say no" to the 'cloud apps'.