Free services are fantastic, until they break. Or until you get banned. There's people who get their Microsoft banned for no reason, without notice. The reason

Free services are fantastic, until they break. Or until you get banned. There's people who get their Microsoft banned for no reason, without notice. The reason is some kind of ML algorithm found (rightfully or not) CP in their data, which could have been some public Discord or WhatsApp group or could have been a troll beating the checksum mechanism (it exists for both the Microsoft and Apple one). Good luck getting to talk to a human, and good luck getting your account back. Which includes your Windows Store acquisitions, your Windows/Office licenses, your Xbox games. Everything. I see Black Friday sales for family OneDrive. You'd have 5x 1 TB for 60 EUR a year, a good deal, right? Except I don't trust my data there, even encrypted. I don't vouch for my backups containing no bogus data, given it also includes something like browser cache or Discord/Telegram/WhatsApp backups. The solution is quite simple for techies: don't rely on cloud; DIY. For the rest of the world, competition would hopefully lead to better product. And this is all about Microsoft. Not Google, they're abysmal when it comes to support (for their free tiers).