Post #3226793
2026-05-11 07:29 UTC
I started selfhosting just because throwing cash on subscriptions at big corpos is not feasible since subs are increasing on a year-on-year basis. To my mind, if I’m going to self-host to yet again pay sub prices defeats the sole purpose of selfhosting.
That money you can pocket and invest in your own hardware for spare parts, upgrades & the like
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@DeckPacker@piefed.social 2026-05-11 08:59
You could also consider donating it to the projects you are hosting. Because developing that software still takes a lot of labour and these devs really need it