Re: Breaking Free : the enshittification of the internet

On Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:22:46 +0100, Water Fountain wrote:

> Self Hosting is such a fun little rabbit hole. It starts off with
> thinking "I wonder if I can keep this locally as a backup" and, for me,
> it ended with me self hosting nearly everything I think of using.
> 
> Hardware prices are off the roof though, so some hardships are going on
> with that.

I definitely feel like the hardware situation is both a blessing and a 
curse.
On the one hand it is just harder to find stuff at a "normal" price, but 
on the other hand a lot of the consumer slop creators online are beginning 
to realise that squeezing old hardware is actually cool and you don't have 
to upgrade everything to be new and shiny every time you see an ad.