I feel the exact same way and am currently trying to solve this by decoupling the application from the storage. So the "experts" control the business logic and

I feel the exact same way and am currently trying to solve this by decoupling the application from the storage. So the "experts" control the business logic and UI, while I, the user, store the data. It's similar to what Firebase does for app developers but is split by the end user who can also control that data. > But the part that really concerns me is that they seem to think that server apps can run like mobile apps. To me one of the most powerful things about SaaS products is that the aggregated use... That definitely seems like the current state of affairs but I think there isn't a reason why writing server apps like mobile apps has to inherently throw away aggregated data. Especially with Google's research in federated learning, apps will soon be able to get insights across their users while preserving their privacy.