In reddit, colleagues around me etc. Hacker News posts/initiatives. 2-3 years ago everyone was all "Hey look at my new Office 365 setup". Now the cool new thing is more self hosting, often driven by a desire for more privacy. There's also new businesses around this usecase. Look at https://www.beeper.com/ for example. It's a hosted matrix service but all the bridges containing your private data are self-hosted.
> My money's on your anecdata being 100% from a techie bubble.
Absolutely. But this is where things start before they get mainstream. Things pick up traction here. Then they mature and commoditise and make their way to the mainstream.
1. Where is the money in that aka is there more money in that than in services?
2. Will it be braindead easy to use?
My money is on no and no so I don't see how the chasm crossing will happen.
Where do you see this?
> More and more people seem to be doing this.
Which people?
My money's on your anecdata being 100% from a techie bubble.