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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Exactly. Too many anti-cloud people seem to think "cloud" means "cloud-only". I'm not an idiot. It's "cloud and..." 
If I've already taken "ownership" of my files (including physical backups), why on earth should I NOT take advantage of the convenience of online storage/availability as well? |
Principle. I won't put any files onto any server, or in the control of a service I have no control over. The one exception is my e-mail, which is hosted at a webhost company. The only reason for that is that I do not know enough about e-mail servers to host it reliably myself.
If I need a cloud, I'll build one myself on top of OwnCloud, or use a Synology NAS, so I know for sure that the subscription costs won't go from $2 to $12 a month or something stupid like that. My webhost, which rose from €2.50 a month including tax for the cheapest package in 2004, to €4.99 excluding tax (€6.04 effectively) is quite enough. I even think it's ridiculous I needed to go and get my own domain, as my internet provider is *still* stuck in the 90's with regard to e-mail; the inbox is 100 MB, and the maximum attachment size is 5MB. That'll explode when my mom sends me some pictures, these days.
And if it's not about money, it's about availability. I won't put any time and effort, or start to rely on something of which I don't know if it will be there next week. (Yes, I know, the Amazon cloud probably will, but there are many other things that possibly won't.)