Strongly with you on that. I too avoid both hardware and software that uses external services as much as I can. Every day this becomes harder, though. For me it's not even about security - it's about reliability (having the stuff work off-line), longevity (not losing a device or software because a startup reaches the end of its incredible journey) and plain old respect for good engineering. Shuttling bits around half of the planet to move them between devices that are physically next to each other is just shitty engineering.