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VPS doesn't solve privacy and security, it solves getting locked out of your account because some algorithm decided you were peddling child porn. If you want p
by lisper 6y ago
VPS doesn't solve privacy and security, it solves getting locked out of your account because some algorithm decided you were peddling child porn.
If you want privacy and security and you don't trust your provider, then you have to build your own hardware and compile everything you run on it from vetted source, including your kernel. You can do it, but most people decide that on balance its better to trust someone.
- kmonsen 6y agoHowso? The VPS can shut you down as well? You might say the migration path is easier, but there will be a weak link somewhere. Even if you put up a datacenter in the basement you need to connect to the internet somehow which can be taken away.
- lisper 6y ago> Howso? The VPS can shut you down as well? Yes. but VPS is a standardized commodity. If one provider shuts you down you can just switch to another.
- reaperducer 6y agoVPS doesn't solve privacy and security, it solves getting locked out of your account Does it really? It just seems like instead of trusting a big company that everyone knows, you trust a smaller company that not everyone knows that involves more work for you. I'm pretty sure I've seen articles on HN where VPS companies (maybe DO?) have kicked people off their infrastructure with zero notice. So, not at all different from being locked out of Apple/Google/Amazon.
- lisper 6y ago> Does it really? Yes. VPS is a standardized commodity. If one provider shuts you down you can just move to another.
- imwillofficial 6y agoPerhaps, depends on your needs, risk model, pricing etc... I use DO but couldn’t use AWS due to price for example. Hoping platforms whenever you catch the ire of the gods is a bad CX for this problem space.
- lisper 6y agoYou're the second person to mention DO. I have no idea what that is. But here is a list of 20 VPS providers: https://techjury.net/best/vps-hosting/ https://techjury.net/best/vps-hosting/ As you can see, AWS is far from the only game in town. If you can't find two or three from that list that will meet your needs then perhaps you should reassess your quality metric. (I note in passing that my preferred provider, Linode, is not even on that list.)
- imwillofficial 6y agoDO = Digital Ocean Again, depending on your needs, VPS are not a commodity. GCP offers a few things that Azure or AWS don’t, etc... Often times making sweeping generalizations without deep industry knowledge is a bad idea. If you don’t even know what DO is, why do you feel experienced enough to argue?
- lisper 6y agoBecause I've been self-hosting my internet services on VPS's for the last 15 years on various providers. There are literally dozens of them. They are absolutely a commodity.
- imwillofficial 6y agoGod, you just don’t get it. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME NEEDS AS YOU. DIFFERENT CLOUD PROVIDERS OFFER DIFFERENT SERVICES YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE MARKET OFFERS /rant
- hakube 6y agowell DO decided to lock me out of my account that I had for years because they decided that I'm a fraud and had to deal with their terrible customer service