> Self hosting is better when it's done in community, (...) are a good way to create a resilient Internet while not giving away your rights to capitalist companies.
If you take away this political (?) tone you'll remember that being dependent of government have the same issues. Or being dependent of a group of friends. Or your family.
Anytime you rely on somebody to hold your data, you have to trust that it won't disappear on purpose or by accident. And both things can happen.
And, yes, it's hard to deal with everything by yourself. Chose wisely whether you're being cautious and paranoic.
>Anytime you rely on somebody to hold your data, you have to trust that it won't disappear on purpose or by accident. And both things can happen.
This is why I use the feature on Google takeout which emails me a link to a dump of all my data every 2 months. That way if something happens I just sign up to the competitor service and upload my data.
When a group do something that breaks you, it happens when you trusted them but they excluded you somehow (even not intentionally). If you don't trust, you'd have "protected" yourself.
If you take away this political (?) tone you'll remember that being dependent of government have the same issues. Or being dependent of a group of friends. Or your family.
Anytime you rely on somebody to hold your data, you have to trust that it won't disappear on purpose or by accident. And both things can happen.
And, yes, it's hard to deal with everything by yourself. Chose wisely whether you're being cautious and paranoic.