Only speaking for myself...<p>OwnCloud - I just don&#x27;t trust an American company to host my data.  Now, is <i>my</i> small UK based host as likely to be as effective at protecting my data as DropBox?  Maybe not - but they don&#x27;t have a proponent of torture on their board, so it&#x27;s swings and roundabouts.<p>TT-RSS - I couldn&#x27;t find a decent RSS manager which I liked. TT does the job - and I&#x27;m not worried that someone will decide that Google+ is better and force me off.<p>Ampache - all of my music is stored as FLAC, which can be a PITA to transcode and&#x2F;or stream.  This sits on a box at home and I can listen to my music wherever I am.  I&#x27;m not reliant on a corporation who might decide that my music isn&#x27;t licensed correctly, or they don&#x27;t want to support my hardware, etc.<p>Personally I use WordPress rather than Ghost - it&#x27;s more flexible for my needs.