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Or they could just be computer geeks who enjoy working on things like this as a hobby and get to be in control of their own data.

I have 12 laptops, 4 desktops, countless Rasperry PIs, all of them purchased with the idea to control my own data, do my own stuff.

Did I move to my own cloud ? No, I have a 500 usd/month bill for SaaS. :)