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this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Realistically, more people need to self-host, or at the very least we need more mon-and-pop style datacenters. The foundational protocols of the Internet inherently make the web decentralized, but most would rather offload hardware costs and, more importantly, security, to those more knowledgeable. Not that I blame them, as running one's own hardware is extremely time intensive, nevermind power and equipment costs, but it's no wonder that conglomerates have stepped up to fill that role (nevermind economies of scale). Yet, this is how we've fallen into the situation we are in now.
I find this wording very funny for some reason. I do wonder what a more-decentralized internet would look like though, rather than 90% of it being in the hands of a few megacorps.
I honestly think the drivers model has some merit to it, and it'd be interesting to see federated data centers. I dunno how well it would work out, but it would be interesting.