Personally I don’t enjoy setting things up. I do enjoy not being tied down to evil corporations.
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qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
— Richard P. Feynman
I think the same is true for a lot of folks and self hosting. Sure, having data in our own hands is great, and yes avoiding vendor lock-in is nice. But at the end of the day, it’s nice to have computers seem “fun” again.
At least, that’s my perspective.
dojan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
SirQuack@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
I do like setting things up.
Then I realise I need to fuck around with DNS to get it working nicely.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
hardcode all the ip’s!
AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This same argument goes for Linux as well. Linux allows you to turn the computer into anything you want it to be!
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Recently getting back into Linux, it’s like choose your own adventure in computing. It’s been fun.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Self-housing, Linux, vim; hell, even gardening – they all fit this saying?axiom? pretty well.
nfreak@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
It’s a little bit of everything.
I haven’t really dabbled with tech much outside of work since college. This year, I started on a huge journey to change that for a couple of reasons:
- The ongoing technofascist shitshow was the biggest motivator. I want to move as far away from big tech as possible. I’m sick of passively supporting companies that supply and fund genocides, steal and cheat their way to billions, and shove AI bullshit into everything.
- Regaining control and privacy. This goes hand-in-hand with the previous point. Complacency is part of how we got here.
- On a personal note, I quit Twitch streaming last year after a decade, and frankly just needed a new hobby.
- The Steam Deck showed me that gaming on Linux day-to-day is extremely viable after all these years. Last time I tried a Linux desktop, it was practically non-existent outside of Valve porting the Orange Box.
- It just makes for some interesting projects
I’ve done all of this in the past 5 months:
- Got a new desktop (I just needed the upgrade in general), tweaked the hell out of Windows on it, but wanted more
- Scrapped that plan and set up a CachyOS dual boot. I’ve touched Windows maybe 5 times since then. I keep it around just in case but I never use it.
- Wiped my bloated phone and installed GrapheneOS
- Started making some moves on the software side: finally bought a good VPN, moved off GMail to Tuta, started using LibreWolf and Fennec, etc etc.
- In that process, I got a cheap VPS and set up NextCloud as a Drive replacement. No idea what I was doing, security nightmare I’m sure, and I ended up scrapping that and going the full selfhost route
- Now I’m selfhosting 40ish services on a mini PC that not only replace big tech products I used to use, but also add so much more utility
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
99% of people want computers to serve them, not to be fun. My SO couldn’t care less how much fun I have setting up home assistant. They just want to turn on the lights.
EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 4 weeks ago
Well, yes, most people want computers to be unnoticable and boring. I agree, we need more boring tech that just does a job and doesn’t bother us. That said, plenty of people find self-hosting to be fun - your SO and mine excepted, of course.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
professional UI designers don’t seem to agree. they always feel the urge to come up with the next worst design
aksdb@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
For me it’s not even about better or worse, but about different. For them it’s a nice iteration after many years, but for be it is one of the dozens of apps I use irregularly that suddenly behaves and works different and forces me to relearn things I don’t have any gain from. Since each of the different apps get that treatment every once in a while, I end up having to adjust all the damn time for something else.
I would really like we could go back to functional applications being sold as is without forced updates. I do not need constant changes all the time. WinAmp hasn’t changed in 20 years and still does exactly what it is supposed to. I could probably spin up an old MS Word 2000 and it would work just like it did 20 years ago.
Many modern apps however change constantly. No wonder they all lean towards subscriptions if they “have to” work on it all the time. But I, as a user, don’t even want that. I want to buy the thing that does what it’s supposed to and then I want it to stay that way.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
My SO watches free tier youtube.
AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nothing wrong with that on ad block. Intro them to pipepipe.
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Sure, but did your SO set up home assistant?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
No. They just want to buy an Apple home thingy 🥹
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah that kinda enforces their point.