"People are lazy and don't care. They're happy to let the King and nobles be educated, decide, rule them and govern the country." could have said many 3 centuries ago.

Cue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association.

"Because freedom of association necessarily recognizes pluralistic sources of power and organisation, aside from the government, it has been a primary target for repression by all dictatorial societies."

And that freedom is rather young (19th century).

Hosting/owning data and the processes on them is no different as an exercise of sovereignity.

At this point, today, it's more a matter of law (it must be recognized and guaranteed) than a matter of ability (it's possible) or market (it exists). That's where the battle is.