[rsync]

"I’d make the exception for Google Drive, OneDrive and whatever the AWS one is."

No - no exceptions.

We must, as sophisticated 21st century actors, insist that providers (especially providers of critical services) have financial interests that align with our own interests.

I don't care how big the parent is or how much money they have to burn - if it makes financial sense to keep you from storing your backups you need to go elsewhere.

[Spooky23]

You’re missing the point. Those companies are providing extremely profitable services, of which data storage is a part. Office and Workspace are lines of business with 50-60% margins.

Non-nerds are going to screw up backups without good UI. If you want to pay by the drink, like I said, use the hyperscalers.

[immibis]

On the other hand why should you not extract value from someone who is giving you free value?

[Spooky23]

Unless you uuencode your photos and chisel them into stone tablets, stored in your personal salt mine, you’re not serious about backups.