I look at this differently. On-prem proponents always fail to account for hard problems they absolutely have to solve, like tamper protected access logs, centra

I look at this differently. On-prem proponents always fail to account for hard problems they absolutely have to solve, like tamper protected access logs, centralized server access controls, replacing failed hardware, backups, secure networking between servers in a collocation (are you sure a neighbor droplet cannot do an arp poisoning and hijack the traffic?). All this will bite them sooner or later, especially if they operate $250k worth of hardware. But because it does not bother them at the moment they can claim they don’t need this or it is not a problem thus rendering cloud as expensive.