For example, something that is too complex for your comfort level, a security concern, or maybe your hardware can’t keep up with the service’s needs?

  • Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Password manager like Bitwarden. I’d rather they take care of it for me. The consequences would be too great if I messed it up.

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    Mail. It’s almost impossible to find a server hoster that hasn’t yet been ip-range-banned from most mail gates, and I cannot host from my own house due to ISP terms and conditions.

  • emhl@feddit.de
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    • My own search engine (a meta search engine like searx-ng would be fine though)
    • a tor exit node, because don’t want to deal with the legal hassle (i run snowflake on multiple machines though)
    • a SMTP relay (recieving email is easy. Sending email is a pain in the ass)
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    Anything that the family uses. Because when I cease to exist, my wife isn’t gonna take over self-hosting! So e-mail, chat, documents etc.

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    Email. Way too complicated and lots of maintenance. Not to mention it you mess it up, there are huge downsides.

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      I find it funny that a bunch of the simple basics are nowadays considered complicated. I’ve been doing my own mail and DNS for over two decades now, and don’t see a reason for stopping. It is pretty low maintenance, and generally less headache than having someone else do it.

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    A public Matrix server. Its just a never ending black-hole of ever increasing storage requirements and the software is too buggy to not become a maintenance hassle.

    I do run a Synapse server for bridging purposes, so I am not just talking in theory.