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).
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.
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.
You mean like a home with a yard large enough to keep the neighbors out of sight?
Granted, based on how annoyingly chill we are with advertisements and government surveillance, I suppose this desire for privacy never extended beyond the neighbors.
