This article touches on something interesting: community hosting.
I'd like to explore that. Specifically, the idea of small communities where a group of people maintains the underlying tech, and - kicker here - everyone in the community knows more or less everyone else in the community.
That offers a bit more security/safety/continuity than just self-hosting everything, while still not ceding control to a faceless corporation.
Granted, there will always be other reliances outside of the community - like internet and electricity providers - but a line has to be drawn somewhere.
I'd like to explore that. Specifically, the idea of small communities where a group of people maintains the underlying tech, and - kicker here - everyone in the community knows more or less everyone else in the community.
That offers a bit more security/safety/continuity than just self-hosting everything, while still not ceding control to a faceless corporation.
Granted, there will always be other reliances outside of the community - like internet and electricity providers - but a line has to be drawn somewhere.