[ChuckMcM]

I think you missed the part where Magpie can put its repo anywhere, (even on your local machine). But to your point about 'fixing the problem', that problem is already addressed, but not packaged particularly well.

There are already enough 'cloud' providers to provide the necessary diversity, and there is already enough crypto to provide the necessary security. What there isn't is an adapter layer that puts those two together in a way that lets folks like the Author build their favorite UI on top of it.

One such architecture might be a git server on a machine at one's home, which uses fuse to create a replicated secure backend across S3, some VPS, Dropbox, and what ever. Giving the git server on the machine a 'file system view' while creating a replicated and encrypted block back end using a variety of cloud providers.

You could do that with a VPS in the cloud as well, but it has some exposure to infrastructure seizure or damage. By hosting it at 'home' you trade some slightly stronger legal protections for the limitations of your home internet connection.