That looks like a few too many "no"s in response to the quote. See http://blog.bellebcooper.com/leaving-microblog.html http://blog.bellebcooper.com/leaving-mic

That looks like a few too many "no"s in response to the quote. See http://blog.bellebcooper.com/leaving-microblog.html http://blog.bellebcooper.com/leaving-microblog.html for a good breakdown of two different viewpoints about how people think of ownership. Whether they're paying someone else for infrastructure is hardly remarkable. Almost no one is completely off the grid. (Do you have your own power substation?) The author controls his own namespace, so he can swap it out any time and do so seamlessly. Contrast to Vimeo or YouTube where you have no control at this level.