"all it takes" is a very naive simplification of how to accomplish this solution and is much more complicated for a non tech savvy person than just hitting "yes" on a backup option their phone prompts them for.

You’re not getting parity to the actual value of the cloud apps. Cloud apps aren’t about syncing your content. They are about adding value on the content by collaboration, indexing, first-and-third-party credentials, and now AI generated content.

If you don’t acknowledge the value in that functionality, I’m assuming you aren’t collaborating with anyone..

I wish I could “just” buy a computer and keep it permanently powered and connected.