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by JaneLovesDotNet 971 days ago
What's the value prop of running your own instance vs just using pairdrop.net infra itself?
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Running it on your own infrastructure?
That's not a value proposition. That's more of a definition :-P

I'm thinking things along the lines of privacy, security, speed, etc

Lots of reasons to self host things for this privacy is a big one but owning a service instead of renting means you don’t need to worry about the landlord or service provider raising prices or kicking you out.
SnapDrop/PairDrop is famous for going offline sometimes. It happened to me once.