> Then an unaccountable algorithm closes your Google account, and suddenly all that data is inaccessible. Then a fire destroys your local backups, and suddenly

> Then an unaccountable algorithm closes your Google account, and suddenly all that data is inaccessible. Then a fire destroys your local backups, and suddenly all that data is inaccessible. Like I said, traditional snapshot backups are still a good extra step, but cloud storage has brought very good backup practices to the vast majority of the population. The difference versus ten years ago is probably several orders of magnitude.