[confounded]

That’s all true. I don’t actually think that anyone is out to get me in particular, I just find unaccountable concentrations of power and authority distasteful (and troubling). So, I try not to encourage them.

I’m interested in self-hosting for autonomy more than security.

That said, the data Google controls will likely outlive Google the legal entity/business-model of today. Including that huge security apparatus. The long-term (say 10 years from now) security of your data is moot if you can’t control it.

Google have been quite good with allowing exports, and promising to delete things (probably more like perma-hash, but I’ll take it). However, they’re increasingly behaving in ways I don’t expect or like. It’s been great, but they no longer seem like good stewards to me.