[theamk]

.. except in this product, the software to "remotely validate it is running securely" is provided by the same party that is running the cloud.

So it increases your trust in the cloud from P(cloud provider is screwing me over) to P(cloud provider is screwing me over) ∪ (only "cloud ops" department in my cloud provider wants to screw me over, and they cannot get help from anyone else in the cloud provider)

Not a very big change if you ask me.