on hard drives maybe, but not ssds
and the trend is going inevitably to tablets/convertibles with fixed not user replaceable or expandable memory, every extra gig stll expensive as hell

so unless you host a 24/7 running mini server for you wallet at home,
you hardly can avoid using spv or partially cloud hosted wallets

especially on mobile - most countries offer only small mobile data plans

at least for our “pocket change“ wallet we need this third party services