Comment on how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life?

it_depends_man@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I liken it to hiring a plumber/electrician/carpenter vs figuring it out myself. Instead of using a website on someone else’s computer, I use websites on my own computer.

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  • yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is actually an important distinction, with the burger example you only get the “do it myself” part and some people will say “meh I can deal not getting home made burger”.

    Hiring an electrician though for example. You let someone in your house. Without self hosting is like having an electrician constantly knowing what you do with the electricity, like he never leaves the house.

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• CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And the one you make at home is always better anyway. Just requires more labor.

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