It would be interesting to list all the different uses of the term 'cloud'. It'd be a long list.
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When someone says "you should use the cloud", I'm never sure if they mean:
1: use a virtual server rather than running your own hardware, or
2: use hosted services rather than running your own e.g. database
2 is often surprisingly expensive IME.
Git repositories have the lovely properties that deletes aren't propagated. Shared/cloud storage sync deletes across devices.
Accidentally deleting content in a local git repo, and even pushing it, is a safe operation.
FOSS businesses, cloud service models, and who is eating whom: