Professorozone @ Professorozone @lemmy.world

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I hope so. I admit, I didn't read the article.

As I mentioned, I didn't really know where to post it. I guess my lemmy-foo isn't up to snuff. I saw that this appears to be in lemmy.world, but only 10 options came up when I tried to post and none of them really seemed right. Advice?

Thank you for the thorough response. After looking carefully at what you wrote I didn't really see a difference between the term self-hosting and home network.

You said you have software that automatically downloads media. The way I see this using movies for instance, if I own the movies and have them on my machine, then I can stream them over my network and have full control. Whereas if I "own" them on Amazon and steam it from there, they can track the viewing experience, push ads, or even remove the content completely. I understand that.. But if I want a NEW movie, I'm back to Amazon to get it in the first place (or Netflix, or Walmart, etc. I get it). I'm fact, personally I've started actually buying disks of the movies/music I like most so that it can't really be taken away and I can enjoy it even without an Internet connection. Am I missing something? Unless of course the media you are downloading is pirated.

I know I'm asking what seems to be a huge question but I'm really only asking for a broad description, sort of an ELI5 thing.

Wow! Thank you all for the civilized responses. This all sounds so great. I am older and I feel like I've already seen enough ads for one lifetime and I hate all this fascist tracking crap.

But how does that work? Is it just a network on which you store your stuff in a way that you can download it anywhere or can it do more? I mean, to me that's just a home network. Hosting sounds like it's designed for other people to access. Can I put my website on there? If so, how do I go about registering my domain each year. I'm not computer illiterate but this sounds kind of beyond my skill level. I'll go search Jellyfin, weird name, and see what I can find. Thanks again!

I've never posted on Lemmy before. I tried to ask this question of the greater community but I had to pick a community and didn't know which one. This shows up as lemmy.world but that wasn't an option.

Anyway, what I wanted to know is why do people self host? What is the advantage/cost. Sorry if I'm hijacking. Maybe someone could just post a link or something.

The pictures also shows french fries and popcorn. In my house those are literally just potatoes and olive oil and popcorn and olive oil respectively, maybe some salt. Bad for me? Maybe, but ultra processed?

Because they are sociopaths that have zero empathy for those they deport.

I think it's picking nits, economic destruction can be just as complete as military. People starve all over the world every day. Some people live in slavery to make the shirts Walmart sells, etc.

Of course it is, but I think it's only marginally better than Walmart. I mean after all, Walmart IS a force for good in the world, right?

And which benevolent corporations IS acceptable to work for?

Oh no! That's terrible. Anyway....

No. My Corolla is from 1988.

It doesn't matter unless you're Hilary.

That's so cute. Can we step on it now?

I've done Libby with the library but I read so slowly that they take it away before I'm done.

Isn't project Gutenberg just for older classic books(not that there's anything wrong with that)?

Probably when Tasha asks Data if he's fully functional.

Where do you get books for the Kindle if not at Amazon?

I have an ancient Kindle Paperwhite that I love. Lately it has become very sluggish but still works and I have only bought books for it at Amazon. I'd love to correct that discrepancy.

Yes definitely.

Maybe it's a good thing? It's not like he was doing any good anyway.

Fortunately my grand children remain unborn.