> Oh no doubt. But one does have the guarantee that no bits left their home and that's a big one for some.

No, this is a big misconception, and part of the cargo cult.

Use cases like the parent's are essentially about having a local LLM handle the leftover tasks. By that point, a lot of bits (main/big tasks) have already left home anyway.

I'm just saying that's why I bought my local setup. I do use cloud but only for stuff where privacy is irrelevant.