Not to mention that, even taking them at their word on that for the sake of argument, storing the data locally is far from sufficient. Can we be sure that the data is only ever processed locally and that the results of that processing stay local?
>> No the announcement was clear that the storage is local.
But I just bought a new computer and need to recall stuff from the old one.
Or, I am using my laptop / tablet computer and need to recall stuff done on my desktop comptuer. (Or similarly, I am using my smartphone and need to recall stuff done on my laptop.)
All they have to do is convince the user of the advantages of sending their recall data to the cloud and the user will agree to do so.