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Would it be a good thing for the average person to self-host their apps? If so, how to get there? (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I love self-hosting a bunch of apps I use, so I don't have to rely on anyone but my ISP for my digital life. Jellyfin, Immich, forgejo, memos and more.

But I know this isn't for everyone. I just recently spent about 3 hours doing routine maintenance and fixing an issue (I caused) and I know not everyone is into doing that kind of thing.

I also wonder what it would take to get more people into this self-hosting thing. I.e., to get them off of subscription streaming services, Google, etc..., so they can own their own data, stop feeding the machine and for the general betterment of humanity. What would the world be like if half of all adults self-hosted their own services? Or even 25%?

So, for discussion, is increasing the number of self hosters a good idea? How can we make help that process along?

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[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

pay a friend or a local small business for hosting for them

Interesting idea. I wonder if there's any such local / regional service out there. I imagine they would have to have "real people" customer service to make that work. Not sure what that would be worth to most people / cost to run as a business.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 5 months ago

I‘m attempting to do exactly that for my local community atm. Most people are still reluctant though.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Sweet! Tell me more about how you're trying to do that and how you're seeing reluctance, please.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 5 months ago

I‘m self employed in IT and host a couple services for people. Small, local business.

My experience so far is that few outside of IT understand why big tech isnt a viable option and even fewer are willing to accept that imperfection when it comes to services that have a proprietary option.

Obviously its pretty early in the game so I guess this will get better and I‘m also not complaining, just stating that peeps need more time and education on this matter.

this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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