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by thewebguyd 608 days ago
Yep. I lament the loss of native, local apps all the time (and the prevalence of "always online" local apps - I've seen LoB apps that were promising, native apps only to find out they won't run offline because the app does a license check online at startup and will refuse to launch without a connection).

Everything as SaaS web apps is just yet another chapter in the enshittification of tech.
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pc86 608 days ago
> I've seen LoB apps that were promising, native apps only to find out they won't run offline because the app does a license check online at startup and will refuse to launch without a connection

Isn't this fine as long as this is the only thing it does?

"Making sure this has been paid for" seems completely legitimate.

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thewebguyd 608 days ago
Totally fine and legitimate, the problem comes in situations where you might need to launch without an active internet connection. Arguably this wasn't the best vendor in the world, but IMO there should be a grace period, i.e., must connect at least x times per months instead of at every start up.
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