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by moughxyz 1243 days ago
Here was my reply, but of course a nuanced refutation doesn't get as much attention as an agitative tirade :) There's definitely truth to the fact that our self-hosted setup requires a lot of Docker containers and thus resources, but things like "your notes are not yours anymore" and "proprietary solutions for everything" are very much egregiously exaggerated for effect. A nuanced, honest take wouldn't be homepage worthy, and OP's awareness of this is evident by their excellent headline writing :)

https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/10oz4pl/im_done...

I will say that attempting to experiment with self-hosted economics has always been a dangerous undertaking, but I believe the current state wasn't viable and made it so that avoiding prioritizing self-hosting UX was more economically lucrative than making self-hosting as great as it can be. And the latter is something I'd love to focus on more. Some more thoughts here: https://standardnotes.com/blog/making-self-hosting-easy-for-...

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In the linked reply, it says "SN dev here" — that's you?