Post Az7wzoOMOTyvCk62dM by JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #Az7wzoOMOTyvCk62dM by JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
       2025-10-11T23:40:39Z
       
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       I'm once again begging people to stop blaming the victims of shitty techbro nonsense. Switching cost is never zero.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az7wztFgKB0iHH4gIi by JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
       2025-10-11T23:43:22Z
       
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       "Well that wouldn't have happened to you if you used (my pet products or software or services)" is about the same as saying "well it's all your fault for falling for this scam".
       
 (DIR) Post #Az7wzuCAohnZCgROTI by JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
       2025-10-12T04:46:56Z
       
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       Spicy take:Normal people shouldn't self host.From an energy use perspective, the users per watt are WAY higher in a data center.People are already awful at running patches and doing security updates.OMG are people awful at doing backups.From an ewaste POV, consumer electronics just don't have a very long lifespan, fail more frequently, are rarely upgradable, and easily broken. Enterprise grade servers in a data center are better.Hosted services actually have a SOC to monitor what the fuck is going on and investigate unusual things. An individual normal user would never notice their self hosted server being popped for forever, and we already have far too many zombies.Sure, megacorps aren't trustworthy stewards of key internet services like email either. But telling everyone they need yet another home appliance, but one you're going to have to fuck with several hours per month to keep running.Dynamic DNS suck balls, IPv4 is running out, hosting shit being a NAT and reverse proxies and shch is its own thing, and lots and lots of people don't have very good home internet links.Up front cost - yes, I know people "pay" for their social media and email with their privacy and advertising. But that means that saying they need to spend several hundred on a whole new computer and find a place to put it or rent a VPS or ...Fact of the matter is, some sort of SaaS setup for web services IS the right solution for 97% of users. Scolding people for being abused by unregulated tech companies isn't solving anything. The right solution is to make people become more aware of the intentional and malicious enshittified bullshit techbros are cramming down their throat, and lobby the government to strengthen regulations.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az84cDJQt63FB43Amm by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
       2025-10-12T09:41:10Z
       
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       @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchangeSpicy take:From an energy use perspective, the users per watt are WAY higher in a data center.This take is somewhat similar to "we should not use cryptography — it just wastes computing power" 😜You can't take one aspect and view it alone because while it might have downsides, the advantages might far outweigh it.But otherwise I agree with your point — easily hostable software should be the way, one-click effort to spin up an instance of the service you want.Next question is — do you trust your SaaS provider? Who is responsible for service templates — would you be able to migrate it easily to a different one if you lose trust?I think the ideal approach is to use decentralised services and to let those tech-savvy of us to piggy-back their less seasoned friends and family.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az93JLltJ7uZ79lLFI by smolbrain@floofy.tech
       2025-10-12T04:58:35Z
       
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       @JessTheUnstill @itsVague this is a really good take. I am self hosting some resources and starting to learn about it. But these are very good perspectives. And absolutely blaming abuse victims for being abused is not the way to help them. Blame the abuser and demand a better system. Good takes.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az93JNKfVJK9xJ2d5k by JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
       2025-10-12T05:03:47Z
       
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       I mean I'm not saying nobody should self host. But that's something you do because you want to. It's like the tech equivalent of sewing your own clothes or something.@smolbrain @itsVague
       
 (DIR) Post #Az93JOaIqfQNq5Md6G by dryak@mstdn.science
       2025-10-12T10:35:18Z
       
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       @JessTheUnstill Good metaphor as there is also a whole spectrum there too: between "I am helping a megacorp to abuse underage slaves in some south east asian country and get rich in the process" and "I am making my own clothes, from scratch. Threading my own wool. Shaven straight from the sheep that lives on my balcony".(e.g.: repairs, reuse and modify, thrift, shop from local makers, etc...)
       
 (DIR) Post #AzF40rRMbYYejafU92 by besserwisser@shitposter.world
       2025-10-15T18:46:34.543330Z
       
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       @JessTheUnstill Switching cost not being zero is part of the business model of Big Tech. And they will use any opportunity to increase vendor lock-in.