Makes sense. I am from an even poorer ex-soviet country. I think we have zero (or very close to zero) subscriptions, use no external services for anything critical, and host everything ourselves. It's not only much cheaper, but faster as well (when the closest datacenter is 150 ms away, the difference is obvious). It also protects us in case the dictator does something stupid and we get cut off because of sanctions or inability to pay. I've seen an even stronger drive towards self-hosting since February of this year, just in case.