Good point. I work in security and although I care about privacy and self-sufficiency, sadly enough most (usually smaller) companies that have a dogmatic self-h

Good point. I work in security and although I care about privacy and self-sufficiency, sadly enough most (usually smaller) companies that have a dogmatic self-host policy tend to have a complete mess as infrastructure. Old software, servers that haven't been updated in ages, known vulnerabilities, semi-configured services, non-existing documentation or contingency policies, the list goes on. Companies should focus on their core business, and not underestimate the efforts involved in straying off the beaten path. You might be a master in gluing technological solutions together, but you might end up under a bus and woe upon those that have to figure out your handiwork. Even I myself have stopped self-hosting stuff like email for personal use because at some point, life happens, you have kids and jobs and deadlines and other responsibilities, and something might break just at that moment you really don't have time for it, and you just don't want to have to worry about stuff like if emails are getting through. Luckily there are some more ethical alternatives to the big industry leaders, for whatever your interpretation of ethical might be. It's always possible to support companies that are contributing something back to open-source software by choosing their paid services.