Like so many things, this is just all about trade-offs. Self-host is not a silver bullet, it just swaps in a different set of problems. Risk is part of it. Clo

Like so many things, this is just all about trade-offs. Self-host is not a silver bullet, it just swaps in a different set of problems. Risk is part of it. Cloud service disappearing, discontinuing, failing, changing pricing, or modifying product, vs fire/flood, theft, hardware failure or software update breaking things. Responsibility for maintenance is a whole thing, too. Maybe you like that sort of thing, but is still a time suck and for most people it eventually gets boring (especially if it's similar to your day job). Do it less often and eventually you will find yourself upgrading something through major versions with all kinds of breaking changes. Security is a constant concern, and it's unfortunately not as simple as "it's firewalled on my LAN with no inbound access" Media disappearing from a cloud service is incredibly irritating, but you know what else is bad? Trying to watch a movie with your spouse but instead spending your evening diagnosing why your NAS refuses to boot.