I don't think of examples really apply, because it's more a question of being on "cutting edge" vs personal hardware.
For example, running a local model and access to the features of a larger more capable/cloud model are two completely different features therefore there is no "no we should do x instead".
I'd imagine that a dumber local model runs and defers to cloud model when it needs to/if user has allowed it to go to cloud. Apple could not compete on "our models run locally privacy is a bankable feature" alone imo, TikTok install base has shown us enough that users prefer content/features over privacy, they'll definitely still need SoA cloud based models to compete.
For example, running a local model and access to the features of a larger more capable/cloud model are two completely different features therefore there is no "no we should do x instead".
I'd imagine that a dumber local model runs and defers to cloud model when it needs to/if user has allowed it to go to cloud. Apple could not compete on "our models run locally privacy is a bankable feature" alone imo, TikTok install base has shown us enough that users prefer content/features over privacy, they'll definitely still need SoA cloud based models to compete.