The frustration was simple: remove.bg charges per image, sends everything to the cloud, and if you process a lot of photos the costs stack up fast. Same story with pretty much every alternative I tried. So I just... built my own. LocalBG runs entirely on your machine. No uploads, no credits, no limits. Free tier gets you unlimited image processing. Pro adds video and GIF support, bulk processing, GPU acceleration, AI upscaling, edge despill for hair and fur, PSD export, auto-centering, custo...