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Re:The IPv4 Cleanup Project by rand49an on Friday November 19, 2021 @11:56AM (#29279302)
Because it implies that it is the single reason that people don't host their own sites anymore, when in reality people don't because it is generally too difficult, expensive, unreliable and redundant to do so.

Almost nobody wants to host their own social media or messenger site and if you did your friends wouldn't use it too.

Besides, anyone who currently wants to do so can get a cheap VPS for dollars a month.

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Re:The IPv4 Cleanup Project by 6510 on Friday November 19, 2021 @12:00PM (#29279358)
There is no telling what would happen. It is only difficult, expensive, unreliable because no one does it?

I think there is proof of the opposite in how people host giant torrents without much issues, some buy seed boxes, their friends use it too.

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