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by pkulak 137 days ago
But paid Tailscale is $5 a month right? So you gotta be paying more to self host and deal with all the problems yourself, not have derp servers all over the world, etc. Why?
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mixel 137 days ago
If you run multiple services it gets cheaper. I would not see a reason to pay for 3 different cloud services that I am able to self host.
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moontear 137 days ago
Why do you assume OP paid $5 a month? You get Tailscale for free in many use-cases. Your argument that self-hosting is more expensive is still valid, but I don't get the 5$.
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pranaysy 135 days ago
tl;dr: because I can.

I already run a VPS for other things, this fits cleanly into that setup, NetBird’s been low-maintenance, and I don’t need global relays. That’s enough for me.

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