How depressing. I sure hope it's not irreversible, but I feel it will be, because the number of novice "vibe coders" out there severely outweighs the number of experienced programmers.
I've always wondered this as well, and never seem to get an answer. Why would someone want to do this when they can get a better result either renting in the cloud, or just using a subscription?
Obviously I see the value in having something local from a control and privacy perspective, but it's surely always a net loss in terms of quality and capability of output, right?