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*Overly relying on network connections (such as internet) prevents users from accessing data that could've been cached locally<ref>{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud |url=https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first |url-status=live |website=Ink & Switch}}</ref>, and can increase cellular-data billing | *Overly relying on network connections (such as internet) prevents users from accessing data that could've been cached locally<ref>{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud |url=https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first |url-status=live |website=Ink & Switch}}</ref>, and can increase cellular-data billing | ||
*Big code-bases are harder to test and verify, leading to instability and unreliability issues | *Big code-bases are harder to test and verify, leading to instability and unreliability issues | ||
If an energy source isn't "[[wikipedia:Sustainable_energy|clean]]", bloat can worsen [[wikipedia:Climate_change|climate change]]. This is true for excessive processing (CPU, GPU, etc...) and network abuse (such as [[Artificial_intelligence/training|AI training]]) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||