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I Believe That It's Important For All of Us to Understand What 'Decentralization' Truly Means. Please, Let's Talk About That (beehaw.org)
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Recently, I've been learning more about this subject. Today I came across the Decentralization Scoring System and it slapped me across the face.

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[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Risk is also a factor re: self hosting.

  • You're exposing potential attack vectors, which is particularly concerning if self hosting = home hosting.
  • Also with home hosting, it's probably against your ISP's TOS. It is for mine (I actually read it!). Will they do anything? Probably not. But it's a risk.
  • You could face legal issues if someone posts illegal content, since you're hosting it. Even unwittingly.

Those concerns are what stop me. Because I otherwise think I'd enjoy hosting a little corner in the fediverse.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Valid points. Also too, the cost associated with a business class data plan that actually allows hosting. If you think about it, it really is an arbitrary restriction put in place by ISPs to goad those who want to leverage the internet's potential into more expensive plans.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

business class data plan that actually allows hosting

You can get a VPS for $30/year with 4GB RAM, 25-35 GB SSD. Still good enough to host some things! Self hosting doesn't mean it has to be at your house. In some cases, using a VPS ends up cheaper than just the electricity cost for hosting at home, let alone hardware costs, internet costs, etc.