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I absolutely agree -- I was just using that as an example of how subjective "owning your own platform" is. EDIT: I originally said "owning your own content" bu
by heywoodlh 4y ago
I absolutely agree -- I was just using that as an example of how subjective "owning your own platform" is.
EDIT: I originally said "owning your own content" but "owning your own platform" is more in line with what I am talking about
- tomjakubowski 4y agoI don't think the CDN qualifies as a "platform" because, I think almost by definition, a platform is something that's hard to move your application off of. It's relatively painless to switch your app's CDN provider compared to, say, moving it between AWS/DigitalOcean/Azure.
- heywoodlh 4y agoI totally see what you mean and I agree with you. As I said in another comment I have no problems with Cloudflare or CDNs -- and like you said in another comment CDNs can actually make it cheaper and safer to self host your own application. > I don't think the CDN qualifies as a "platform" I think you are 100% correct and I agree with your point. But I think even your disagreement with my comment highlights the original point I was making: "ownership" of "your platform" and what those terms mean to you is super subjective based on your values, skillset, etc. Wouldn't you agree on that point? If so, doesn't it come off as condescending (like you felt about my original comment) to tell people what they should or should not do with their digital content creation? My whole point was that it bothered me that this site encourages people to call out others for creating content on a platform they have disagreement with -- who creates that standard of what is suitably "owned" or not?