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So you don't think collection of user data is a meaningful privacy problem here? How does that work?
it is, and that is still happening.
Software that is designed not to send your data over the internet doesn't collect your data. That's what local-only means. If it does send your data over the internet, then it isn't local-only. How is it still happening?
it does. it locally aggregates, collects data about what you do on your computer across the days and weeks.
But the company hasn't collected it, because it doesn't have it. Your computer has it. So long as it stays on your computer, it cannot harm your privacy. That's why there is such a big difference here; an actual massive loss of privacy that is guaranteed to be combined with everyone else's data and used against you, vs a potential risk of loss of privacy from someone gaining unauthorized access to your computer.