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Comment by swiftcoder

21 hours ago

The irony of this being fully hosted on GitHub should not be lost. A toaster is sufficient to host a mostly static site, a VPS would be far more than sufficient.

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post-it  21 hours ago

GitHub is free, a VPS isn't.

  • ux266478  21 hours ago

    Owning things isn't free (and a VPS isn't owning things, either)

    I absolutely agree with the concept, but people have to be ready to do their own work rather than delegating it to other parties. Consolidation has happened because these massive conglomerates absorb operational complexity on the cheap, and that's attractive. Moving away from them means we take on the responsibility of doing it ourselves.

  • swiftcoder  21 hours ago

    You know what they say about the kind of services FAANG gives away for free...

    And yes, I get the practicality of it. However, when people are actually doing shit like this[1] in the real world, writers of manifestos might consider practicing what they preach a tad more.

    [1]: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com