> It gives you the peace of mind by keeping you in control of your data. I like the sentiment and the points made, but the author uses this amorphous concept o

> It gives you the peace of mind by keeping you in control of your data. I like the sentiment and the points made, but the author uses this amorphous concept of "your data" throughout and I feel like it simplifies things a lot and conflates many different issues. Most people shouldn't focus on self-hosting literally all the data related to them. This is a sort of perfectionist mental compulsion many of us on HN are familiar with. You have to decide what data you actually really don't want to live without in the rare event you lose access to it, and prioritize that. For most people, this data is not very complex: family photos and videos, an album by an obscure artist, a game you like to play every few years or hope to show your children. If you are an activist, or someone creating dissident media, or something like that, you should already be wary of the cloud -- the incentives already drive you to use tools that are secure and self-host when needed. If you truly don't like the ways the big tech companies are doing things, you should find ways to organize with others and demand change; otherwise you are just modifying your personal habits and thinking you are sticking it to the Man with a one-person boycott.