The latency of a communication travelling at the speed of light from say Japan to New York, is noticeable to humans. If you've ever tried to SSH into a machine on another continent, you know the feeling.
Even if the server is nearby, there's still many things that can add latency, most of which are not controllable (e.g. wifi interference, bad routers, bad ISPs, train tunnels).
So in general you cannot move all functions to the server because it will be terrible for UX. e.g. Google Stadia.
Even if the server is nearby, there's still many things that can add latency, most of which are not controllable (e.g. wifi interference, bad routers, bad ISPs, train tunnels).
So in general you cannot move all functions to the server because it will be terrible for UX. e.g. Google Stadia.