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I don't fully understand how/why you guys selfhost some apps (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by dafuccdoyoumean@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I don't have a home server yet but I'm exploring and sometimes I get confused about some posts here.

For example I saw a post asking for recommendation for a "self hosted budget management app". Can't you just install this type of app to your phone or pc? What's the purpose here, will you host it and access it from a browser? Or do you only want to backup its data to your server?

I hope I don't sound stupid please enlighten me.

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[–] Simon-RedditAccount@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Can't you just install this type of app to your phone or pc?

For one instance of app, it's possible to install it onto a single machine.

Things get tricky when you want to access the data from multiple devices. Even trickier, when several people want to access it. After a certain point, it's easier to have a "cloud" solution. And since "cloud" is just somebody's else computer, why not make this a computer YOU own?

[–] IsPhil@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think for a lot of people as well, a big factor is when you share that data between multiple devices, if you use your own solution, then you don't have to trust other companies with your data.

[–] PuckSR@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, but now you have to trust yourself with security.

It seems to me to be a bit of the fly vs drive debate. Flying is objectively safer, but lots of people get more freaked out by it because they have zero control over the outcome.

[–] neonintubation@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think the threat model is sufficiently different enough for self hosters versus commercial offerings that it is possible to maintain a comparable level of security to what you'd enjoy elsewhere with significantly less technical training. E.g., I run a home server using a point-to-point Wireguard configuration such that only devices I've explicitly set up with Wireguard can access any of its services. My ports are very quiet.

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