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You can be locked out of a paid service just as easily, with just as little support, and with no recourse.
by tokyodude 8y ago
You can be locked out of a paid service just as easily, with just as little support, and with no recourse.
- wolco 8y agoGet a domain and host it somewhere.
- dymk 8y agoWhy is this "Just move off the grid and live off the land" response so popular on HN?
- xeromal 8y agoNot to mention your self-hosted BS will be considered spam by nearly every major provider
- jarfil 8y agoNot if you set your DKIM/SPF/DMARC/etc. correctly. If you can't be bothered, just use a provider who will set it for you... like Google.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoWell “just use an existing service / do what everyone else is doing” probably isn’t very representative of the entrepreneurial / hacker spirit.
- ravenstine 8y agoSome people like independence more than others. Although it can be impractical in some cases, I do appreciate people who try to live "off the grid" in an age where we are born plugged in.
- hegz 8y agoIf my vps host blows up then I will start up a vps on another host, run the install script, import my backups and move the domain name. About 15 minutes work to resolved an issue that will probably never happen.