The cloud, and it's issues, are as old as the mouse. However I have found that my mouse is more reliable than any cloud service I have used.

For example: I got talked into opening and using a Hotmail account at work. Six months later all my Hotmail went from yahoo to M$ and anything older than 90 days was gone.

The cloud tries to convince us that it works like the Internet/Darpanet servers were designed to work. A fully redundant data storage network with colocation that allows access to all information anywhere on the network, and that can continue to operate even if entire sections of the network are lost.

Unfortunately, the only reality our current cloud provides is a fancy name for the smoke being blown by those that would like to sell us something they can not deliver.