Comment on I think the fediverse needs Android like hardware packaging
silverpill@mitra.social 1 week ago
If the goal is normie-friendly social media with full ownership, it would be better to work on peer-to-peer Fediverse applications.
You can get to a point where you just install an app on your phone and it's yours forever. The foundation for this is already being built: https://codeberg.org/ap-next/ap-next/src/branch/main/nomadpub.md
Self-hosting is nice but it requires an always-online, publicly accessible server and a domain name.
j4k3@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Most people’s routers are already up 24/7.
We should be able to do our own DNS. Who cares if it is on the wider clearweb. You are paying for an IP address with your internet connection. If you are running a server with verified hardware and signed code, all we need is a half dozen nodes mirroring our own DNS. There must be a backup proxy for the few terrible providers that cause issues with IP. The addresses are not static, but they do not change very often. At worse, you hit a manual button to reset or wait 10 minutes before the DNS updates.