It doesn't, but for me keeping a copy of your content somewhere local is more important than 'owning your platform'. I lost a whole blog I ran daily from 2005-

It doesn't, but for me keeping a copy of your content somewhere local is more important than 'owning your platform'. I lost a whole blog I ran daily from 2005-2013 because when I set it up I didn't understand vendor lock-in. I just used the web form, fired-and-forgot about the posts. When it came time to move to a new host, the pictures all got compressed and the formatting got thrown out. It's not a mistake I'll make twice, now every blog post is stored in text files before it goes anywhere.