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Decentralized doesn't mean cloud. You can have an instance in a computer you own that it's always on.
No, I was wanting to go the step further and target "offline first" to avoid the need for too many "always on" services. From a philosophical perspective, I think our internet should be able to function without the resources required to run something 24hrs/day.
You can absolutely build a LinkedIn clone on top of something like ActivityPub for example, but I'm not sure how one might do that from an "offline first" perspective though.
Sync needs 24/7