Even if the cloud mining is legit, I would vote for holding physical machines in some professional facility or at home. But if you have massive electrical charges, much better is to have your machines hosted at a professional facility. Check it in person if you can.
It's also necessary to know how to set up the rig, knowledge is very important when running a mining farm, well, that's an advantage for those who have free or cheap electricity, and I would try to educate myself on how to run a mining farm if I have that kind of advantage.
Anyway, some people just looking for cloud mining or we can just call it as an investment as AFAIK, they just have to invest money and get a return on it on a regular basis, but as of now, there are only few legit cloud mining services in the crypto space.