Don't want iCloud as default destination for Saves.

Since the introduction of iCloud, some of my apps, such as Pages and TextEdit, insist on using iCloud as the default destination for saving a document-- which is something I almost never do. (I like keeping my documents on my hard drive, not on Apple's remote servers, thank you very much.)

This new behavior is annoying, because formerly I could depend on my Save windows to point to the folders I'd previously saved to, so I didn't have to keep navigating back to them. Also, because now the Save windows are collapsed by default, I first have to choose a destination other than iCloud by pressing the disclosure button, then wait for the full Save window to open before I can go to the folder I want.

This is not an improvement, nor a convenience. It is a pain in the ***.

Is anybody aware of a way to return to the previous state of affairs?