"I basically went back 5 or 10 years and replaced every "modern" technology solution. I pay now way more than I did with iCloud, but I am back in control. I am

"I basically went back 5 or 10 years and replaced every "modern" technology solution. I pay now way more than I did with iCloud, but I am back in control. I am more productive." But how are you are more productive? In what ways did the revised toolset improve productive output? What are you producing and how do these tools compare to each other? To me, the 'more productive' argument is a bit of strawman. Totally cool to change toolsets and all though :-)