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The "hype" being simply Nextcloud not being OwnCloud which turned proprietary, no?
Owncloud is not proprietary (it's AGPLv3) and I'm really not sure where people get that idea.
The original Nextcloud/Owncloud fork was due to disagreements in development direction, not (say) like Jellyfin/Emby where there was actually a license change. Nextcloud wanted to "move fast", Owncloud wanted stability. There was potential concern around the time of the fork that, perhaps, hypothetically, some day, Owncloud might "go proprietary", but going on close to 10 years that has not happened.