It's different in that you get to choose your host and your apps separately. If you want to use some particular app, but you don't trust that developer, you ca

It's different in that you get to choose your host and your apps separately. If you want to use some particular app, but you don't trust that developer, you can run it on a different host that you do trust. If you don't trust the Sandstorm team to host your server, then by all means, don't get hosting from us. You can run your own (the code is all open source), or get your friend whom you trust to share the instance they set up, or perhaps there will even be competing paid hosts some day.