> I want companies like AgileBits to thrive […] But I want the choice of where my data reside.
Either you subscribe to their SaaS business model (and trust them to make the right choices with regard to your data) or you don't and keep sovereignty over your data.
If you want data sovereignty, keep your (unencrypted¹) data local, and don't use proprietary software when you can't decide that you don't want the next version after reading the release notes.
1: Where 'encrypted' in this context means encrypted with your local, private encryption keys.
They had a perfectly fine businessmodel. 1Password has been running for years without the SaaS model:
> P. S. Please don’t think our excitement for memberships has anything to do with money. We’re completely self-funded so we don’t have any investors forcing us to make changes by looking solely at our bottom line. We were doing just fine selling individual licenses and AgileBits was already steadily growing before 1Password Teams was even introduced.
Either you subscribe to their SaaS business model (and trust them to make the right choices with regard to your data) or you don't and keep sovereignty over your data.
If you want data sovereignty, keep your (unencrypted¹) data local, and don't use proprietary software when you can't decide that you don't want the next version after reading the release notes.
1: Where 'encrypted' in this context means encrypted with your local, private encryption keys.