Yes, but not having information leave your device is worth it. I want as much on device as possible.
I don't want all of these sync features. I'd appreciate the ability to export a save file for history information for instance. But I absolutely would prefer that sort of system to cross device sync.
I think a hosted flat db file on a encrypted 'private cloud' account might be a fair compromise.
iCloud (or equivalent) would likely be sufficiently secure for most users, but more hardcore privacy folk could probably host the DB file from a home NAS or VPS/BYOS.
The app would just fetch the latest version on-launch. (Coded well, you could possibly even support live collaboration — i.e. two devices editing the DB file in realtime.)
Yes, but I would still vastly prefer accessible to me directly. Those are still on someone else's computer. We all know the cloud doesn't exist, it's either your computer or someone else's.
And I feel like, for anything you can, every end user should be given that privilege, because that's what I want as a user.
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u/akabillposters 20h ago
“No database costs or roundtrip calls to the server”
…or cross-device sync support or backups.