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

You nailed it, the “I’m not techy” thing is often just a shield people use because they are simply exhausted by this economy, and time is the one resource Big Tech steals that we can’t ever get back. I’ve spent a lot of time teaching seniors at a library program, and I’ve seen firsthand how that “convenience” is a trap designed to keep people from even looking under the hood to see what’s actually happening to their data.

You are right about the remote admin headache too, that’s exactly why the movement needs to shift from just “hobbyist favors” to actual, reliable infrastructure that doesn’t break every time an adult in the house clicks a link. If we don’t make these sovereign nodes as easy as a light switch, people will always fall back into the arms of a corporation just to get through their Monday. We have to be the ones who put in the work to make the “resistance” feel like less of a chore and more like a utility.

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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

time is the one resource Big Tech steals that we can’t ever get back.

That’s an odd argument, since DIY takes significantly more time than just buying a solution.

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irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

If we don’t make these sovereign nodes as easy as a light switch

That’s a long row to hoe. However, I see a lot of very capable mini-servers using Lenovo and that makes me feel better. We live in a digital world now where real life and digital life are co-blended. I’ve always felt that in this digital world, each and every household should have a server. If I were a much younger man, I’ve often toyed with the idea of setting up mini-server racks to sell. But, I’m far beyond being a younger man now, and so I hope some young entrepreneur will bring that to fruition.

I’ve spent a lot of time teaching seniors at a library program

You are a better man than I Gunga Din. I’ve had a computer in front of me since the mid 70s, but a lot of my brethren shit on the notion of computers, giving that ‘…back in my day we didn’t need computers’, and the standard ‘uphill both ways in the snow’ trope. That’s a hard nut to crack because you have to want to learn before you can learn. I know people my age can learn. They damn sure don’t have much problem learning Facebook or TikTok. LOL

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