> Now I open a program, it reaches out to the internet, maybe I get some crappy spinner that is intermittently doing a thing
Yes, that’s unfortunate.
Offline physical drives still exist in some areas; I keep my nintendo switch mostly in airplane mode and use cartridges. SD card slot made a surprising return to Macbook Pros. Even CDs have their direct successors, e.g. M-Discs[1] are popular for long term data storage.
But yes, none of that exists in the realm of web apps.
Yes, that’s unfortunate.
Offline physical drives still exist in some areas; I keep my nintendo switch mostly in airplane mode and use cartridges. SD card slot made a surprising return to Macbook Pros. Even CDs have their direct successors, e.g. M-Discs[1] are popular for long term data storage.
But yes, none of that exists in the realm of web apps.
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC