The only thing that's kind of cool about it from that angle is that it's basically a resource that's "in" the Interwebs; so anyone "can" use it without, for instance, having to go buy hardware and software and stick it some place and get some network connectivity. But: it's typically not free, and it's typically owned by someone big -- Google and Amazon are two. Who knows what happens to your data when you store it there?
I don't see it as particularly "democratizing" ... it's more eqivalent to really cheap web hosting: you can put it up this afternoon, but you don't really have full control over it ...
But maybe people think that it's Just One Less Barrier to entry?
Ok. Whatev.
/jordan