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> Self hosting strongly favors running on your own hardware In comparison, tenant (storage, colocation, cloud, VPS) hosting contracts often encompass Terms of
by transpute 2y ago
> Self hosting strongly favors running on your own hardware
In comparison, tenant (storage, colocation, cloud, VPS) hosting contracts often encompass Terms of Service, metered quotas/billing, acceptable use definitions, and regulatory compliance.
> data ownership, mobility which breeds competition
Historically, the buyers of commodity "web hosting" and IaaS have benefited from many competing vendors. Turnkey vertical SaaS often have price premiums and vendor lock-in. If "indie hosting" gains traction with easy to deploy and manage software, there may be upward pressure on pricing and downward pressure on mobility.
- apitman 2y agoGreat points. This is one reason I think it's important to build on protocols. It's attempt to "lock things open" and foster competition from the beginning. For example, my product TakingNames[0] builds on a simple, open OAuth2 protocol for delegating authority over domains. Anyone could implement a competing service in a matter of days, forcing me to compete on quality/price/etc. Another project I have is focused on bringing tunneling a la ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel to the masses. There are many[1] tunneling services. This will be the first one built on a simple, open protocol for both auth and transit. [0]: https://takingnames.io https://takingnames.io [1]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling