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Self hosted usually refers to onside hosting. The VPS you are using is hosted offside. So basically it refers to where the server is, not who manages it. But there is a big overlap and many use them synonymous. It’s more of a „well actually“ that only happens to apply here

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stown@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just a little nitpicking, the words you want to be using are “offSITE” and “onSITE” not “offSIDE” or “onSIDE” (this isn’t a football match).

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- istdaslol@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  How do you know that hosting isn’t a football match ?
  
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  - stown@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well, for one, my hardware is never very dramatic.
    
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ridel@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Feels like you’re proposing a distinction that isn’t universal, and literally there are words (on and off-site) that describe the concept better than the term self-hosted.

Additionally, just because some of the physical infrastructure (the hardware) isn’t in your control doesn’t make it any less self-hosted. I’m sure there are some that own their building and electrical infrastructure too. Meanwhile I’m a schmuck that has to rent and pay a utility provider for electrical. That’s not particularly far from datacenter access.

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