But he also advocated that the one that you own (the appliance) use hosting services (aka 'the cloud') for backup and distribution purposes. Though he does advocate that such cloud services do deserve safe-harbor protection.

I feel there is a disconnect with the 'landlord' analogy here. The author feels that the 'landlord' is the hardware/internet connection provider/host, while the grandparent poster feels that the YouTube also qualifies as a 'landlord' that is renting out space for people to display their videos (where the 'rent' is the ability to display adverts).