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The internet as it exists today for the vast majority of people simply isn't well-equipped for everyone to have their own servers. Imagine a small server box th
by AlotOfReading 5y ago
The internet as it exists today for the vast majority of people simply isn't well-equipped for everyone to have their own servers. Imagine a small server box that you could simply plug into the wall and give your wifi credentials. You still have the solve the NAT issue. You still have to secure the publicly routable box somehow and constantly apply updates, or backdate when (not if) something breaks. In parts of the bay, PG&E goes offline every time the wind blows. Does everything in your digital life go offline with it?
There's a lot that goes into running a reasonably reliable server.
- astrange 5y agoThey're also noisy and you don't have a personal security team.
- bsagdiyev 5y agoFalse to both. My home server is quiet and my OS keeps updated automatically.
- astrange 5y agoI put my NAS in a quiet PC case (it’s still too loud because I don’t have any closets to keep it in) and when I filed a FreeNAS bug a graybeard literally yelled at me for not using a 1U server.