I don't know about no-one. I have three laptops, one desktop, one media PC, one server, one tablet, and one phone. The cloud movement has been helpful to say the least.
Obviously I don't speak for everyone, but I think "no one wanted it" is a stretch.
No one wanted this implementation. There are plenty of ways of solving exactly the problems without the amorphous concept of the cloud without introducing any burden on the user.
I have a 3 desktops, 2 laptops, a NAS and 2 servers and have solved the problems transparently without any cloud services.
Obviously I don't speak for everyone, but I think "no one wanted it" is a stretch.