I switched to electric last year and I regret not doing it sooner. Charge at home, no diesel fumes, amazing performance, quiet, and does short trips without it being bad for the engine.
It should be technically possible to have a recently accessed files feature that doesn't rely on that data being collected by a third party. There is nothing inherently wrong with collecting that data for yourself.
I have both the 8 billion token and the 70 billion token models running on a multi Xeon machine with "only" 128 GB RAM and an M.2 SSD, the 8B version runs acceptably good and uses about 20 GB in memory. The 70B version uses about 75 GB RAM and bogs horribly (A word every few seconds) but does work. For the full version, yeah I'd need a ridiculous amount of RAM that I don't have.
I remember reading about the same concept in the "Shell Answer Books" that Shell gas stations gave out in the late 1970s. Easy concept: Simply add a layer of tar before putting down the asphalt. When it cracks, the heat of the sun and pressure of passing vehicles squishes the hot tar into the cracks.
Everybody's already read that stinky old document and found it wanting. Need to be older? Look at my UID and wonder if I'm older than you maybe you fucking idiot.
Heh, I'm already a consultant, and my therapist gives me far better advice than you ever will. Enjoy your heart attack/stroke. Life ain't worth being so angry.