Let's not forget the hassle when you don't have one source of truth. Life before Dropbox and the like wasn't super fun. I think this is an underestimated facto

Let's not forget the hassle when you don't have one source of truth. Life before Dropbox and the like wasn't super fun. I think this is an underestimated factor at play. It's super nice to not have deal with that issue, and be able to switch between computers seamless without worrying about whether your data is accurate/up to date. Lock in and recurring revenue is not something new for SaaS. Most ERP systems and similar business systems was sold like this way before. But with the added hassle that you had to manage a server locally yourself. Sometimes I think people just go straight to "corporations must be evil" because of ignorance/it feels good to blame the "Big guy" one can't relate to.