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What are some downsides of software being federated? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What federated software would actually make sense to work offline, though? Everything I've seen is literally internet tools like social media (forums, blogs, chats, etc). None of those things would work offline. Is there, like, a federated paint or word processing app or something?