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Why Local-First Apps Haven’t Become Popular?

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Why Local-First Apps Haven’t Become Popular?

Offline-first apps promise instant loading and privacy, but in practice, very few apps get offline support because getting sync right is surprisingly hard.

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adamaiken89

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Building an offline app often requires to copy data locally, such complexity might not be worth compared to the broad interwork access.

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gflashner

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We actually did a POC using Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile a few years ago.

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jaeyson

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Thinking that alone makes me fall asleep :melting_face:

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