In today's digital age, it seems like everything is subscription-based. If you're not paying for a...
    • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workEnglish
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      1 year ago

      you also need to remember that this is literally a turn key product, that literally every cloud provider sells

      I am unaware of server products that I can just buy, plug in, and get up and running in minutes with my own ActivityPub instances, media storage/streaming, XMPP messaging, and etc. If they really exist, please share links.

      There’s certainly value in doing this stuff the hard way, but the goal should be for self-hosting to be as easy as signing up with Google, Facebook, Spotify, etc. There aren’t enough people with the time and curiosity to figure out the current state of self-hosting and make a dent in the three website problem.

        • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Jellyfin and Yunohost are two projects that have simplified self-hosting and made it accessible for me. I just think more progress can be made in that direction.

          and yet, here we are, on lemmy.

          As far as I can tell, you are not self-hosting the Divisions by Zero Lemmy instance, so I’m not sure what your point is there. I am actually self-hosting my lemmy.crimedad.work instance with the help of Yunohost.