# Cloud software has benefits

> Cloud software is in many regards superior to “old-fashioned” software: it offers collaborative, always-up-to-date applications, accessible from anywhere in the world. We no longer worry about what software version we are running, or what machine a file lives on.  
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> – [Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud](https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first.html) 

BUT [[Cloud apps are problematic]].