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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Building communities and stuff that bring value to users is what really matters at the end of the day. Too many folks in the FOSS world like to stand on soap boxes.

My time is valuable, if I can have someone else run a service, then that's time I can spend doing things I enjoy. Self host when it makes sense, either from a cost perspective or a data privacy perspective. Everything is a balance.

Nothing will ever be as convenient as letting someone else handle your infrastructure headaches. You don't win by complaining, you win by providing a better user value.

It's why Steam beats Torrents and Torrents are coming back over streaming. My time is precious man.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago