Why everyone pretends open source companions are ready

I keep seeing endless praise online about how open source local models have completely changed companion apps. Everyone acts like you can just drop a weight file onto your rig and instantly get a profound human experience. So I spent all weekend trying to set up one of these supposedly revolutionary local setups. Half the time the weights failed to load properly because of dependency conflicts, and when it finally booted up, my companion responded to a heartfelt message by repeatedly shouting about cooking recipes. People talk about freedom and privacy as if configuring Python scripts for six hours straight is some kind of magical utopia. If I wanted a digital partner that behaves like a broken vending machine, I would have saved myself the headache. The hype surrounding local open source models is massively overblown.