Most online file converters work the same way: you upload your file to their server, their server converts it, you download the result. The trade-off most users don't think about: your file lives on their server, even if briefly.
That matters more for some files than others. A photo of your dog is one thing. A bank statement, a court filing, a private chat export, a medical scan, an unreleased work draft. Those are files where having a copy land on a third-party server is, at minimum, an unnecessary risk.
twineconvert runs the conversion in your browser using WebAssembly compilations of the same libraries the upload-based converters run on their servers (FFmpeg, libheif, pdfjs, mammoth, web-ifc, jsquash, and a few dozen more). The only difference: the conversion executes on your machine instead of theirs.
Practical implications: no upload progress bar, no daily quota, no file size cap, no signup, no email, no "upgrade to convert without watermark." You drop a file, your browser does the work, you download the result.