With the continuous advancement in technology, the lesser-known local storage methods have gained mediocre popularity. On the other hand, cloud storage has gained massive popularity due to convenient accessibility and wide scale cloud services. But in the local storage methods, you tend to have a great deal of access control and reliability, unlike the cloud storage devices. Each and every person has access to cloud storage due to its automated redundancy, but when it comes to local method storage devices, they tend to have great control due to manually saving data on external hard drives, SSDs, and USBs. These local methods eliminate waiting on subscription renewals, hidden data limits, and service outages. Surveillance, third part access, data breaches, and any other related concepts store data in a way tat I deem safe, which local methods provide. Local methods tend to have a limited amount of space which gives you a sense of belonging and order, unlike cloud space, which tends to be infinite.