Hosting your own server might not be a scalable solution either. There's a reason why SaaS is popular: it's not that easy. On the downside: stuff hosted by oth

Hosting your own server might not be a scalable solution either. There's a reason why SaaS is popular: it's not that easy. On the downside: stuff hosted by others might go away. Web pages, web services, apps requiring server side support... Investing a lot in a service makes it more painful to lose, like the apparently discontinued Amazon Cloud Drive (supposed to be a cheaper Dropbox): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8219257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8219257