Agreed, it does depend on individual users. I am sure you would agree app for complete Home Automation is a little more complicated than the camera apps designed to do only one kind of job, i.e keep up with the cameras. When it comes to HA, the same app can be used with multiple Almond+ at different locations, so cloud access is a must and I don't think we can replace that with local access only. But to conclude, once the upgrades are through, there should'n be much of an issue, while major crash or breakdowns can't be foreseen.