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by chaz 2563 days ago
I think the reminder is just that backups are necessary, and cloud isn't a required condition. I had a bare-metal host turn off my server because they were concerned I was violating the trademark of a big company with what I was serving. That big company was my client and I had permission, but the host shot first and asked questions later (actually, I had to call them when I saw the site went down).