I do my professional writing in Google docs. Using a cloud service allows me the flexibility of working from any location using pretty much whatever equipment I have available. I also trust Google storage more than I trust my own storage. I am betting my equipment and backup behavior is less reliable than the equivalent Google equipment and conscientiousness.
Google wants to make certain I have options. Actually, I think the concern is more that I could be able to leave Google and move on to other services if I want, but the access opportunities work out the same no matter what the motivation. There have been several options, but I just encountered a new approach that seems built in (Google TakeOut). I just made a backup of several hundred doc files and moved them to a local backup drive.
Easy peasy (or whatever the expression for it is not difficult is).
