I think you're right. More people should take matters into their own hands by self-hosting and storing their data locally. Decades ago a home server was almost

I think you're right. More people should take matters into their own hands by self-hosting and storing their data locally. Decades ago a home server was almost unreachable for a non-technical computer user. These days there are point-and-click, drag-and-drop, plug-and-play, open-app-and-tap solutions to getting a file server set up in your house. You do pay a premium for the user friendliness but they aren't horrendously expensive. For those of us who are comfortable with installing an OS and setting up NFS or SMB you can get away with a used thin client for a fraction of a peanut. And storage is cheap as ever at roughly $40USD per TB for a new drive. Linux is stable and free with a bunch of tools for managing backups and redundancy. There has honestly never been a better time to get off cloud services and go the DIY route.