I see tons of posts about #selfhosting here, and it makes sense.
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@benpate I think an analogy with cars is relevant. As cars are recognised as a necessity but a dangerous technology people are asked to learn and prove they know how to use it safely, law enforcement actually checks they do and punishes those who don't, and on the other hand cars are built such as one doesn't require a PhD to use it, and try to protect their user from doing stupid things. There is surely still a lot to improve about cars but comparatively Internet is still a prehistoric jungle.
You nailed it. Future historians will call us the "Proto Information Age" -- we who lived in the world of upheaval and change before the technology (and its real benefits) were worked out.
Likewise, the first hundred (or so?) years of the Industrial Age were the same. It _sucked_ for regular people until society and laws caught up with the new realities. That's where we are now
I hope we can nudge history toward a better future (and slightly more quickly, please)
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@benpate who does selfhost a data center?
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The question is 'who needs a datacenter?'.
Maybe a huge company, but small businesses can go with 2 nas, vpn and a website+mail hosted somewhere.
Any brand nas (synology, qnap, younameit) has the apps the average J needs for photo and storage, they provide vpn too.
Datacenters are not a *requirement* at all.
HA, complex disaster recovery, scalable resources, are needs for a very specific, limited, small number of businesses.
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