One bad sync, one account flag, one vague policy change and suddenly your entire creative life is locked, deleted, or mined without consent.
Ask anyone who’s lost access to a Google account.
This isn’t a “productivity hack.” It’s workflow sovereignty.
This isn’t about purity. It’s about power.
Start small. Pick one thing to pull out of their cloud.
Every document you write. Every photo you edit. Every project you sync. It’s fuel for someone else’s machine. A machine you don’t control. One that could cut you off tomorrow without explanation.
The promise of cloud backups is convenience. But the cost is control.
You’re not paranoid for wanting ownership. You’re not extreme for saying no to surveillance disguised as service. It’s your data.
