Logseq Pro - paid local features?

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Can someone from the logseq team clarify the information below, found at the top of the faq page? Does this mean there will be paid local-only features?

https://docs.logseq.com/#/page/faq

Is logseq free? Do you plan to charge for the Logseq app (desktop/web/mobile)?
TLDR: Logseq is free but Logseq Pro (coming soon) is not.
What features does Logseq Pro have?
Syncing with our own storage
Real-time collaboration
Some other features in the future

Notice that some local features in the future might be included in Logseq Pro too. A local feature doesn’t have to rely on our servers.
The reason is that we believe tools should be built in a local-first way to protect privacy and be performant, which means we’re trying to do most things locally, and only use the servers when we have to. But the truth is that almost all the features (except sync, collaboration) can be built without the servers. If all the local features in the future are free, it’ll be very hard for us to keep developing the best features.

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  • This is what they are likely to do
  • This is what I would do
  • This is what their investors are asking them to do
  • This is what all users (paid and non-paid) would benefit from:
    • If they don’t monetize the product, there will be less investment in the open source project
    • If there is less investment in the project, there will be fewer people contributing to the project:
    • What’s going to happen once a high severity CVE is discovered? Who is going to patch it?
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Indeed it seems there will be paid local features, according to this conversation on discord from a few years ago

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Almost 4 years ago, when Logseq was very much a baby still. In the message you screenshotted, there’s no mention of local features being paid.

In the meanwhile, @tienson has already clarified that Logseq Pro will only consist of hosted services that cost money to run (like sync, real-time collaboration, publishing).

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Got it, thanks for explaining @Ramses !

So the FAQ currently on the official logseq docs is incorrect?

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Ah, I had not read the FAQ—sorry about that. I assume @tienson wrote that, so in that case what’s in the FAQ is correct. But there are no foreseeable local features that I’ve heard any talk about to put them in Logseq Pro; only the three aforementioned features:

To be clear: I don’t make these decisions, I’m just here to streamline things in the community. If there are more questions, I hope Tienson will chime in. But honestly, this is a never-ending discussion and it’s been discussed several times already. Unless Tienson gives other information, I’d just assume to only have to pay for hosted services (which are entirely optional and you can always use other solutions to achieve similar results).

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Thanks!

Yeah, I understand. Hopefully the devs will be able to provide some clarity on this eventually. Could be they simply don’t know yet, which is why information is inconsistent across the oficial channels.

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