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Your data belongs on your drive. Not a “cloud drive” that requires a handshake with a server 1,000 miles away. Software98 apps save to .txt , .csv , or simple .db files. Syncing is done via optional, user-managed protocols (think Syncthing or a USB stick). If the apocalypse comes and the internet dies, your Software98 calendar will still show Thursday.

In Tokyo, there is a café called "System Idle Process." You cannot bring a laptop newer than 2015 inside. The Wi-Fi password is printed on a receipt, and it changes every hour to discourage streaming. People go there to write novels in PineWrite or to code demos in Assembly. It is perpetually full. software98

By Alex M. Sterling