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Why Big Tech’s Lobbyists Are Targeting Self-Hosted Servers
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this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2026
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Hosting your own services. Preferably at home and on low-power or shared hardware.
Please don't share vibe coded projects here.
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Me. I'm not using my home server for pirated media.
Fuck you
I use it to maintain sovereignty over my data and keep my personal information from being sold to the highest bidder and used against me.
We need to normalize owning and controlling our own data and not being cattle for the oligarchs to herd and feast off of
Doth protest too much?
Listen I do the same and think its a worthwhile effort. I just have been hanging out in these virtual spaces long enough and I know what people run.
Did I say we should normalize anything else? lol