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What's the biggest reason you self-host? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This is purely for my own personal curiosity, but what's the main reason you self-host? I say main because I don't know how to allow multiple answers, if that's possible at all. For me it's the last option; because it's cool. If it's none of these reasons, absolutely make additional options in the comments.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Voted privacy - but more importantly (and not listed) "My services wont disappear with little or no notice"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Funny, that's usually my biggest reason not to self host something. If my ~~server~~ pi dies, I don't want to lose anything important.

Of course, I have backups, but restoration is a hassle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's how I used to be; but after a number of things that I enjoyed using got shut down I've just become so annoyed at the idea that I self-host out of spite. 😅