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Originally Posted by Katsunami
The nuance is that, in a cloud storage, you can lose your data because of the decision of someone else but you. (Case in point: CrashPlan is quitting its consumer service. You'll have to find another off-site cloud backup provider, or you'll lose your backups after the subscription ends.)
That is different than losing data because of an accident.
Also, if I need to have *another* backup beside the cloud backup, then why should I pay for the latter? I can just buy two HDD's, encrypt them with Bitlocker, and put one of them at work, at my mom's home, or wherever. Every so often, that drive can be swapped with the one at home so it doesn't fall too far behind in backups. Have been doing so for years.
I'm not counting the 'free' download capability provided by Amazon, Kobo, GOG.com, and so on... I'd be inclined to say that this is normal service, so you can redownload your stuff if needed, or if its updated, like games on GOG.com.
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Well, for me, loss is loss. It makes no difference to me whatsoever why I lose my data, either because of someone's decision or because of an accident: it's still lost.
For me, it's not practical to keep back-ups at my relatives' places. I don't visit them often enough to keep those back-ups up to date. And I work at home, and my mom lives with me.
So what's left is a cloud provider. Better yet, more than one. I'm willing to pay if that means I don't have to worry about my data.
Of course it's foolish to rely exclusively on a cloud and that's why I keep several local back-ups too.