there is a small community of people that do indeed run this locally. typically on CPU/RAM (lots and lots of RAM), insofar as that's cheaper than GPU(s).
All semver does is tell you you are pinned to some obsolete tool, and you are going to go through a soul sucking 6 months of yak shaving to stay up to date. (rails programmer since v3 here)
Semver doesn't make life easier. Making backward compatible changes is what makes life easier.
Does that make it easier or does it just mean you'll be more aware upfront that to get the security fixed or support you need for some new feature you need to upgrade to an incompatible version
Aren't the people who were already using 1.1.1.1 for those things the ones "breaking the internet", since according to the specs, 1.1.1.1 is not a reserved address: