To play devil's advocate, your self hosted server could go up in flames one day too...or it gets hacked. Obviously there's risks with any solution. As to the ma

To play devil's advocate, your self hosted server could go up in flames one day too...or it gets hacked. Obviously there's risks with any solution. As to the magnitude of each risk, it's hard to say, but I'd agree with you that getting bought out by someone else and your data being lost or compromised in the process is a pretty big one.