We need to first differentiation between "public compute cloud" (AWS, GCP, Azure) and "cloud services" (GMail, Dropbox, iCloud, etc). The fine article is concer

We need to first differentiation between "public compute cloud" (AWS, GCP, Azure) and "cloud services" (GMail, Dropbox, iCloud, etc). The fine article is concerned with the former exclusively, and I think mixing in the latter dilutes the point it's trying to make. So unless your personal homelab needs to be hyperscalar, you don't need a public cloud; your needs will be served perfectly by a $5/mo VPS/PaaS, and/or a LACK rack. Do companies need sovereignty? No, companies need to make money, that's their primary and main reason to exist. The choice of public cloud vs dedicated servers vs colocation vs on-prem vs etc amounts to whatever best fits your operating model. The public cloud was overhyped (like everything in tech), but smart companies chose the right tool to do the job.