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by JohnFen 1149 days ago
> Even as a techie, why would you put in the work to set up your own thing?

As a techie, I do this so that I can maintain control and trust, and so that when something goes wrong, I can fix it instead of just refreshing the status page of the service and hoping.

I in no way think that anyone else should do like me, but when people are having trouble with a service, I will mention options that involve not needing that service.