Ask HN: Would you use non-SaaS downloadable chatbot app?

1 points by adinhitlore 9 days ago | 3 comments

So like chatgpt.com but on your mobile/computer without internet access necessary, $0, absolutely free? This isn't a question if it's possible but if it's a good idea? I will. 100% privacy and 0$, why not?

noashavit 7 days ago |

How is this different from using local models with Ollama?

adinhitlore 9 days ago |

in theory several GBs .bin may be useful chatbot if it's not transformers even better. Not too easy to code but...for me as a user it's preferable over SaaS right now.

myst 9 days ago |

Privacy is not the issue. Limited use beyond trivial tasks is.