[jazzyjackson]

Freedombox[0] has been a thing for 14 years, there are plenty of solutions for hosting services for yourself as someone technical, but they're not compelling to nontechnical folks who will have a fax machine with no one to fax.

maybe it's a different story with activitypub and bluesky's AT protocol, but it's not as if decentralized social protocols are a new innovation, the market just isn't interested in "privacy" and "control" - those that do have already discovered they can get by without social media altogether

(I say this as someone building a self hosted home server/appliance, but I think i'll promise more of a fireproof safe - not for keeping secrets, but for making sure you don't lose essential documents / family photos, and a home assistant that doesn't shout "I CANT CONNECT TO THE WIFI" when I ask it to switch a lamp off)

[0] https://www.freedombox.org/

[notaustinpowers]

I think the reason is because the technical is boring. It's gotta get wrapped up in pretty plug-and-play hardware, customization-forward (social feed that you design!), private (your data is stored right in your home!), etc.

I think it could be aimed well at something like the livestreaming/Twitch/YT community, and build out from that base.

Thanks for sharing Freedombox too, I've never heard of them before.