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> Costs more but no one can kick you out unless you stop paying your mortgage. that. depends. You can host it cheaply if shared with family members, may be ch
by lowwave 4y ago
> Costs more but no one can kick you out unless you stop paying your mortgage.
that. depends. You can host it cheaply if shared with family members, may be cheaper than paying for email provider.
- asim 4y agoWell this leads to my next question. Community led infrastructure. Why is it not a thing? I think that's social housing in the real world. Why does it not exist for digital services? I know we open source things but nothing is run by a community. A potential outcome is to run email as a community.
- sedeki 4y agoHow would that contractually work in practice? Can you give an example of what you mean?
- asim 4y agoI mean it's like any real world thing, potentially non profit. A group of people elected to run public services for everyone else which people pay a fair amount to use. Something that's constantly reviewed, where new members can join and others can move on.
- sakawa 4y agoYes, on a small scale, but they do exist! Just look up at Riseup, Disroot weho.st, or Autistici/Inventati.
- asim 4y agoThanks for pointing those out. I think it could be done on a larger scale but only with buy in from the community and starting with one or two specific services e.g email or app infrastructure.