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lostloginyesterday at 6:28 AM2 repliesview on HN

But also: if Apple's way works, it’s incredibly wasteful.

Server side means shared resources, shared upgrades and shared costs. The privacy aspect matters, but at what cost?


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shaknayesterday at 7:06 AM

Server side means an excuse to not improve model handling everywhere you can, and increasing global power usage by noticable percentage point, at a time when we're approaching "point of no return" with burning out the only planet we can live on.

The cost, so far, is greater.

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gesshatoday at 4:45 AM

With the wave of enshitiffication that's surrounding everything tech or tech-adjacent, the privacy cost is pretty~ high.