I want truly personal computing.
The word "PC" means "Personal Computer".
It was in contrast to the centralized mainframes of the time.
But it also meant a level of personal computation.
In the early days of the PC, it was messy and weird.
Then we moved it to the cloud for convenience, which also allowed new types of collaboration and social networking not possible locally.
But now it was on someone else's server: someone else's turf.
If you didn't like how a piece of software worked, you couldn't tweak it or configure it to connect other tools on the data in the filesystem.
You can use it or not use it, that's the only two options.
This leads to a world where software tries not to be great for individuals but good enough for the largest market possible.
Even if you have the motivation and drive to improve or build, you can't.
It's shrink wrapped, one-size-fits-none software.
Why did we give up on the idea of personal computing in the era of the cloud?
We lost the "computer" part of the PC for the cloud, and we also threw out the "personal" baby with the computer bathwater.
Why not both? In a disruptive new era of AI, it's more important than ever before.