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by ibizaman 159 days ago
What about self-hosting as a service? You get a server in your home which you own with your open source software and data in it. And you pay a subscription to have a remote sysadmin take care of maintenance for you and can train you on the software? What happens if you don’t pay anymore is you keep everything. But like a good insurance, you’d keep the subscription because of top notch customer service.
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I want something that can work for non-techies too, that I can recommend to my friends as well.
I fully understand. That’s my goal too and what I want to provide here. No technical knowledge is required.
Who would be your market exactly?

What you're describing is possible but you would need to market it differently if selling to non-tech people.

Now if you could make something like this https://oxide.computer/ for home users and make it affordable, that would be cool.

I target small businesses and possibly individuals that are already aware of the issues and are okay to pay a small premium for this solution.

Also I am currently only targeting locals so I can physically go to their place and configure their server.

I don’t mind growing slowly here btw. It’s my side business and I plan to keep my current job for the time being.