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Comment on Self-hosting in 2025 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure

I agree with your post 100% I think. Removing oneself from big tech/data services like Google and Microsoft is resisting the regime. It’s especially useful for folks that may not be able to get out and protest, meet with their representatives, etc.

As for me, I’m running my *arr/media stack for myself and my close friends and family. Fuck Disney, Netflix, and Paramount. For our household, HomeAssistant keeps the lights on and SyncThing backs up our files to the NAS.

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h333d@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Spot on. Self-hosting is the most effective form of quiet, material protest we have. Every time your family uses Syncthing instead of OneDrive, you’re starving the machine of the telemetry it needs to function.

Running that stack for your inner circle is essentially building a “digital mutual aid” node. You’re taking the burden of surveillance off their backs and putting it on your own hardware where you can actually defend it. That’s the work.

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- Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Can your neighborhood communicate when the Internet goes down like Iran?
  
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  - Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    By… Stepping outside and talking to people? I think all neighborhoods have that ability, even if we don’t really use it much.
    
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  - Mavytan@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Probably not unless everyone has some radio device that can send as well as receive.
    
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    Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Like a wireless router?
    
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  - Thunraz@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You might want to take a look at Meshtastic or MeshCore for this.
    
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7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Quick question. Home assistant.

We are hooked on “Hey Google turn off the lights”

Is there a way to remove the Google from that but still use the voice aspect?

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- kumi@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yes, Home Assistant has this.
  
  https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  
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  - 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Great! Thanks a ton! I appreciate the link and the info!
    
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- MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Home Assistant has its own locally running voice assistant. There’s even hardware for it (think self hosted Alexa) that you can buy or build yourself
  
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  - 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Oh great! I’ll check it out!
    
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- TheMadCodger@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I know others have answered, but I wanted to give you a link. I have their device and it works great for turning things off and on out of the box. You can run it locally—if you have the hardware—or use their reasonably priced cloud subscription. I do the latter wanting to support them monetarily.
  
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  - 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Thanks a bunch! I appreciate the link!
    
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- Knossos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Home assistant has their own system I believe? If you sign up too their subscription? Or you can locally host whisper and piper yourself and go completely local.
  
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