the primarly reason is because of electricity, if you pay too much for it, it is better to go with cloud site, they aren't very different than mining with your equipments, the scammers are everywhere
buying your phisical equipments does not come without risk, actually there is more, compared to cloud, for example
they could arrive damage(assuming who is ship those is legit)
they could arrive in bad conditions and stop working after two week and you can't do nothing at this point
add to this maintanance, better fan system(they are all fuck noisy) ecc...and in the end you will say that it is not worth it to have psysical miners
unless you really love dealing with physical stuff(i love it too, but i love more gpu rig to be honest, sadly they are enarly useless), cloud is more advisable nowadays, the only problem is that only few cloud are legit cloud
besides this cloud work like if you have the best miners in your home, so roi should be around 6 months(assuming no change on the diff)
Have any suggestions for reputable cloud mining companies? Also, what measures should I take to decide if I'll be profitable using a cloud mining service?