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kornish
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Apple has acquired Workflow, an automation tool fo...
Workflow isn't a cloud tool – it's an automation tool for iOS.
intrasight
on March 23, 2017
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Local automation makes no sense.
dragonwriter
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Local automation on a mobile device has a limited set of use cases (and arguably most of them are also included in the use cases of cloud-based automation), but it's not useless or completely subsumes by cloud automation.
detaro
on March 23, 2017
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why not?
intrasight
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Because when your device is off, your automation doesn't run
detaro
on March 23, 2017
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Which is completely fine for automation of things on said phone, or that are only accessed from it.
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