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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Wow! Thanks for sharing! I'll check this out!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Thanks so much for reading a commenting friend! Here's hoping together!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for reading and leaving a comment Paul!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
#LocalFirst baby! I agree that that would be ideal, but as someone who spent two days using Google Takeout to transfer 4 TB of photos from Google Photos to my server, even with easily downloadable file formats, they still make it a nightmar
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Interesting! Thanks for sharing! Stallman was, indeed, right lol
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
You're not crazy! I remember getting one of those remotes with my first iBook!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Totally! Before going the full self-hosted route, I actually had an old computer I used as a simple NAS. For this project, I was just looking to make everything as easy to use as any other app my wife and I were used to. Thanks for reading
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Couldn't agree more! And most of those commodities/utilities you mentioned are usually either publicly funded, cooperatively owned, or regulated to keep prices down and protect consumers Thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Seems very inline! Thanks for sharing!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Haha yes I have a tendency to bury the lede a little – thanks for reading!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Looks super interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Definitely! But even if I could convince everyone I know to do that, that feels like a nightmare to manage haha. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Couldn't agree more – bring back the radio – thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Thanks for your comment! Yes, I ignored the VPS angle simply for ease of narrative, but you're right. I also updated the shared album example to hopefully better explain why this is hard from a technical and UX perspective. As to the &
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Sounds interesting and kind of similar to https://solidproject.org/ . Thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Yeah, I think this is a super interesting path! Federation of Nextcloud would be crazy . Thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
So interesting! I'll have to check those out! Thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Yeah, trusting people and systems is hard. But we live in a society and trust is just part of the game. For me, I am far more likely to trust a community of people that all build, operate, and own a service we all rely on than a company t
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Couldn't agree more – thanks for reading and commenting!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Super interesting idea! Thanks for reading!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
> Self hosting and community collaboration need to be incompatible. Totally agree, but there's a lot more nuance here. Giving each friend an account on my server would require it be exposed to the public internet which is difficult
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Hey! Thanks for the comment! > But why should a (public) library be interested in providing such services? For funding? What about costs? Public institutions like libraries are usually funded through government mandates. We as citizens d
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Totally. There's a whole other article somewhere in there about the, "If buying isn't owning than piracy isn't stealing" sentiment online. Thanks for reading!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Thanks for reading and for the kinds words! Would love to read more about the USPS concept and couldn't agree more about the UX gap. Lets connect! Send me an email – hn@drewlyton.com!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Interesting! I'm planning on running PiHole in the near future to block ads at the network level. Excited for some more, "It was DNS" moments. To the point about people not knowing how much they've given up, I think anot
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Yes! And I think this way of building software is having a come-back with the local-first movement! https://lofi.so/
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Yeah, at one point in writing this article I had a brief aside about more "off-the-shelf", accessible solutions to self-hosting like Synology. But I cut it because I honestly don't think they make the process that much easi
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Wow! Thanks so much everyone for reading and creating a real discussion around my article! Means a lot!
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by drew_lytle 1y ago
Totally agree that without economic infrastructure supporting the model, it's completely unsustainable. Good-will is not a business model. Thanks for reading!

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