People are trained to give their data to corporations and subscribe to everything costing them more money over the course of their lives. Selfhosting is simple nowadays particularly with projects like Umbrel out there in the market. If someone is a white collar worker under 40 “complicated” or “time-consuming” aren’t really viable excuses anymore. It’s something else.
Went to buy something yesterday and they asked for my phone number and name to “get points”. I am so fucking tired of it. Had to explain that I’m a privacy weirdo and I don’t do that. The people who work there seem shocked and completely clueless as to why someone would refuse.
Selfhosting is the best solution for everything except maybe email. I’m not sure the author of this article actually knows how to use computers.
You can’t expect people to have the skill or money to self host. There need to be alternatives that are simple and uncomplicated.
People are trained to give their data to corporations and subscribe to everything costing them more money over the course of their lives. Selfhosting is simple nowadays particularly with projects like Umbrel out there in the market. If someone is a white collar worker under 40 “complicated” or “time-consuming” aren’t really viable excuses anymore. It’s something else.
Went to buy something yesterday and they asked for my phone number and name to “get points”. I am so fucking tired of it. Had to explain that I’m a privacy weirdo and I don’t do that. The people who work there seem shocked and completely clueless as to why someone would refuse.