Remember, PCs used to *only* run apps stored on your own device
Then the Internet took off in the 90s & most things turned into webapps b/c convenience/efficiency, but they're easily shutdown/censored/blocked
Maybe we need to go back to having more locally stored apps as a norm
Then the Internet took off in the 90s & most things turned into webapps b/c convenience/efficiency, but they're easily shutdown/censored/blocked
Maybe we need to go back to having more locally stored apps as a norm
An IPFS node can do this, but it could also be as simple as standalone apps for services you use often. E.g., click the shortcut on your desktop for the ENS app or Uniswap, etc.
If you also run your own Eth node (something that needs to be made much easier to do from a GUI standpoint), then you can run dapps entirely (front & backend) on your own computer. All you need is an Internet connection (sometimes) to catch up on blocks and broadcast txns
Remember, smart contracts don't have to run "out there". If you're running your own node, you're running the dapp's smart contracts *on your own device*. Aka, you can make a Uniswap trade on your own computer. That might be weird to think about it but it's how blockchains work
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