Can I just point out that the vast majority of users I know are basically teetering on the edge of the cliff of losing everything they have ever done. I'm not s

Can I just point out that the vast majority of users I know are basically teetering on the edge of the cliff of losing everything they have ever done. I'm not suggesting that selling your soul to the SaaS vendors (disclaimer: I work for one) is the right solution. In fact some of them you're probably better setting fire to your data than trusting them (disclaimer: I work for one of those!). Example my now ex-girlfriend was distrusting of "the cloud", for rational reasons I will add thanks to a former Eastern Bloc childhood. However the alternative solution was hoping she wasn't going to lose the HP laptop she'd paid bottom dollar for. Some education later and she had peace of mind, at least on that front. What we have is a general lack of education and consideration of what the consequences of that lack of education are. The end game is that you either have to accept the risk, and I've seen many a tear there, educate yourself, and I've not seen much of that, or suck up to the SaaS and cloud vendors. It's a matter of personal responsibility and no one seems to have it so leaving that to the professionals (ha!) might be a less bad solution that trusting yourself. Education is the right answer though but hopeless. I'm not sure if my post has a conclusion but it sure depresses me re-reading it.