When has the average American ever been willing to spend a $1,000-2,000 premium for privacy-respecting tech? They already save $20-200 to buy IoT cameras which provide all audio and video from inside their home directly to the government without a warrant (Ring vs Reolink/etc).

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state_less 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To be fair, it isn't $1000-2000 extra, it's the new laptop/pc you just bought that is powerful enough (now, or in the near future) to run these open weight models.

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echelon 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ease of use is a major issue.

What percentage of the people that you know are able to install python and dependencies plus the correct open weights models?

I'd wager most of your parents can't do it.

Most "normies" wouldn't even know what a local model even is, let alone how to install a GPU.

	▲	nerdsniper 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Wiredpancake got flagged to death but they’re right. MacWhisper provides a great example of good value for dead-simple user-friendly on-device processing.
	▲	wiredpancake 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That sounds like all software. We can make better software.