Using EC2 makes you the exception, not the rule (and by the way, I would prefer to have a server at home). Most people don't use EC2 (let alone a personal serve

Using EC2 makes you the exception, not the rule (and by the way, I would prefer to have a server at home). Most people don't use EC2 (let alone a personal server). They use Blogger. Most people don't send mail. They ask Gmail to that for them. The internet used to be a bunch of interconnected machines doing peer to peer communication. Now, we have a few servers and many many clients. So the future already there. I believe we could reverse the trend and go back to a sane, mostly decentralized, internet, but it will require a collective effort.