[iancmceachern]

Your missing the details of why.

This stuff can't run locally, it's cloud connected by design. It's cloud connected by design because the company's value pitch is on the data, not the hardware. They loose money or break even on the capital hardware. This is always the case, intuitive makes their money on the instruments, others make it on the subscription fee.

If you want it this way, you'll end up paying a lot more for thr capital equipment.

There is no free lunch.