Same here, got locked out of my main gmail/google account and there was no real person to help me recover 10+ years of my stuff. Never again.
Comment on If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting?
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Getting out of the grasp of big tech.
Been self hosting for over 10 years before anyone coined the term enshittification. When i started, i could never imagine things getting THIS BAD with tech companies. I am happier and happier with my decision to self host things every day
Willdrick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
“I work in advertising” is an amazing signoff for this post. It works on so many levels, and I remain genuinely unsure which you intended. The bitter sarcasm of a veteran who saw this coming by virtue of having caused it? The smooth flex of a consummate professional? A stunning lack of self-awareness combined with simple earnest participation in the thread? In any case, thank you for making me stop and think :)
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
a bit of this. Although in my defense, I wasnt working in advertising at the time (my company didnt even have an advertising division)
also, i dont work for one of the big tech companies that have their claws in your digital life. But i can see how it contributes at some level, however minor.