replacing PDFs with cloud documents is cutting your ears off to spite your nose. so now what, instead of a potentially insecure PDF file, you have a potentially insecure webpage probably hosted by a company you have no control over that requires wifi connection to access, that you likely can’t trust the continuous accuracy of?
Would argue that avoiding the cloud is cutting off your ears to spite your face, but you are free to make your own choices.
If you are distributing code, will you share it via tarballs and zip files, or will you share it via a hosted service like GitLab or GitHub? Most people undestand that the latter is superior in every way, and you can still have the offline archives via having a full clone of the repo locally.
I would argue that the same logic applies generally. If you share your resume, it would be smarter to use a static github page tied to a git repo, than it would be to simply email a file. That file may have a typo or become obsolete. And in reality you are likely trusting email service providers anyways... ie the cloud.
Having a full archive of it locally with a local git repo means you actually aren't locked into them. My use of the term cloud was meant to be a fully general concept, and I wasn't advocating any particular locked-in concept. I'm simply advocating leveraging specialization of labor.
If you sew all your own clothing, build you own house, build your own car, etc... then by all means, run your own email servers, send zip files, and write your own operating system. Definitely keeps your trust surface low.
in reality what we need is a better standard