A lot of people who grow up poor have a hard time adjusting their spending habits to optimize their life when they become well off. I've known such people who

A lot of people who grow up poor have a hard time adjusting their spending habits to optimize their life when they become well off. I've known such people who will go through great aggravation, follow on sunk costs no good reason, and waste a lot of time - just to save a few dollars or feel they didn't waste money. I waste probably a few thousand dollars a year on expenditures I never utilize. If the dollar amount is below the cost of the aggravation, I generally won't bother. If you're working as a software engineer, I assume you are making at least $100,000. A $100 annual cost to ensure your data is saved, and the time savings from maintaining a local backup, seems well worth it and it doesn't make sense to me for that cost to weigh into the decision.