… The choice comes down to two different scenarios: speed and workflow maturity vs. privacy and cost. With Claude, you get faster iterations, lower cognitive load, and less setup friction, whereas local LLMs give you more control and privacy at the cost of more configuration and deliberate setup. …
… It may also be a concern for privacy-conscious users. While Claude can view your screen to interpret context, it processes images locally first and applies privacy safeguards before sending data to the cloud. …
… I don't really need the privacy local LLMs promise The biggest benefits of local LLMs right now seem to be no rate limits and complete privacy. …
… What I gained from this setup was $240 per year, full privacy, no rate limits, and a setup that runs on hardware I already own. …
… Privacy is the other obvious reason to go local. …
… Then there’s the privacy aspect of using cloud models for my programming tasks. …
… For a privacy-conscious user, this is a crucial middle ground. …
… Privacy is the other one that I won't belabour here because it's been covered to death already, but the everyday version of it does matter. …
… Saving a conversation is bizarrely hard The only official export dumps everything, and in a format you can't read The only built-in export Claude offers is buried in Settings under Privacy - hit Export Data, and you'll eventually get an email with a .dms file really just a renamed ZIP of JSON conta… …
… The privacy concern isn’t theoretical. …