Precisely. Every online-only solution is a huge risk i personally do not want to take, i've always done my best to use offline-only tools.
That may restrict me from the latest and greatest, but i prefer not to be left at mercy of any corpo
But this is the reason "serious shops" do not use always online software and tools in critical parts of the SDLC. There is a difference between influencers/people on socials promoting things vs. reality where the expectation is that things don't just stop working because there is an internet outage or some 3rd party disruption
Do farmers still plough fields with a Horse just in case their tractor runs out of diesel? Of course not, as technology moves on we all have to accept the inherent risks in exchange for the huge benefits, otherwise the work you do will be too slow and your job taken by someone willing to leverage the tools available today.
Uh, people do say this thing. It is a basic factor and question asked during technology procurement. Uptime and fail states matter.
AI just seems exempt from all the questions people usually ask about relying on other people's software.