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Originally Posted by latepaul
I don't want to dissuade anyone from making backups but you make it sound like cloud services are really flaky and that's just not true. Know what does tend to be flaky? Home-grown backup schemes. Mostly because they rely on individuals who are not experts, have cheap equipment and are forgetful/fallible.
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Cloud services aren't necessarily flaky, but their future is far from assured at this point in time. Other problems to note are possible price hikes, changes in terms and conditions, and changes in specification.
If you want to use a cloud service, then just buy a good NAS and put it at a family member's home for an off-site backup. Put *his* NAS in *your* home and you both have an off-site backup. Many NAS-es have cloud services and accompanying apps built in nowadays.