It isn't a dichotomy! You are trying to argue that cloud storage is a bad choice on pure ideological grounds, but you haven't justified it with any data. It is

It isn't a dichotomy! You are trying to argue that cloud storage is a bad choice on pure ideological grounds, but you haven't justified it with any data. It is a matter of fact that you are more likely to misconfigure, lose, destroy or otherwise screw up your self-hosted solution than Amazon are to withdraw service. If your reason is just "I hate Amazon" or "I don't like services that are not under my control" then say that.