Absolutely. And not even for hardware specifically -- with software, too. I've been seeing a big uptick in customers wanting to go from SaaS/cloud to self-hoste

Absolutely. And not even for hardware specifically -- with software, too. I've been seeing a big uptick in customers wanting to go from SaaS/cloud to self-hosted/on-prem options. This is actually the main reason I chose to open source my SaaS after 7 years [^0], to provide more ways to self-host it on-prem. There's a lot of other reasons in that blog post, such as the current market, but also touches on things like bus-factor, security, and compliance. In the end, it kind of boils down to the big questions "what do you own?" and "what do you control?" When the markets get choppy, people start asking questions that they otherwise wouldn't ask. There's a lot of choppiness right now, and businesses want to reduce risk. Actually owning and controlling hardware, and software, can reduce risk via less reliance on third-parties. But it can also reduce costs, like with 37 Signals [^1], which is yet another risk reduction. Another question to ask (from a business perspective), in order to reframe your concerns, would be "where is our risk?" Perhaps they're reducing risk by having one foot outside of the cloud. [^0]: https://keygen.sh/blog/all-your-licensing-are-belong-to-you/ https://keygen.sh/blog/all-your-licensing-are-belong-to-you/ [^1]: https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0 https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47...