> Cloud expands the capabilities of what one team can manage by themselves, enabling them to avoid a huge amount of internal politics.

It's related to the first part. Re: the second, IME if you let dev teams run wild with "managing their own infra," the org as a whole eventually pays for that when the dozen bespoke stacks all hit various bottlenecks, and no one actually understands how they work, or how to troubleshoot them.

I keep being told that "reducing friction" and "increasing velocity" are good things; I vehemently disagree. It might be good for short-term profits, but it is poison for long-term success.