Post by @anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

2026-07-31 19:28 UTC

@barbra@social.vivaldi.net @dalias@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I wish. I am all for selfhosting, but I have yet to see someone successfully host something like a large scale Peertube without bleeding tons of money. Storage is only one part of the equation, and even that one's expensive. despite all the conspiracy theories about the bot internet, there are actual people driving most of the demand, either directly or indirectly (e.g Search), not to mention stuff like Streaming or Youtube and Maps is unhostable for most people.

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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz 2026-07-31 19:33

@barbra@social.vivaldi.net @dalias@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange People need to become less dependent on the internet first. predownloading all the flightsim data is nice, but most people appear to just buy consoles, as much as I hate consoles. Xbox is dying, perhaps for the better, PlayStation is turning into a wannabe premium online DRM store. Not to mention everyone's on their phones all day, whether it's because they want to see if their car is charged or because they want to argue about how the internet is somehow optional

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@barbra@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-31 20:41

@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz @dalias@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange He honest - most of the videos and podcasts on the internet could disappear and the world would be a better place. Imagine - no more "influencers", no more podcasters promoting hate. But most people won't boycott Facebook or Google because they're addicted. They're cheap. They know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. They won't even pay to lease space on a server for their own domain, their own email, but then they hitch and moan about how their "business" can't function when Google or Facebook cuts them off. You get what you pay for. I have almost 100 TB of storage, so I could host tons of content locally. But it's not worth it. Low quality content doesn't work except for the slop peddlers.

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