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I worked in that space for a while but I came to the conclusion that pretty much no one wants to run/manage their own servers. Outside of a small number of priv

I worked in that space for a while but I came to the conclusion that pretty much no one wants to run/manage their own servers. Outside of a small number of privacy-centric hackers, the benefit just isn't worth the hassle.

noizejoy 7y ago
That argument held for many technologies in the past. e.g. to figure out your location, you had to be able to operate sextant. In the early days of the automobile you had to have considerable mechanical skills to keep one running. Cameras required special skills. And not very long ago, you needed quite a bit of skill to run a computer. Now almost everyone carries a computer in their pocket, which conveniently doubles as camera and sextant and more. A server is also a mashup of functionality. I can’t see any reason why it cannot be made as easy as a smartphone sometime not too long from now. And making things easy and inexpensive enough can also create a market, even if there didn’t appear to be one.