Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021)
by Brian_K_White on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:54AM
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What a stunning observation that I totally hadn't considered. /s
This is an overused excuse that does not actually justify nearly as much as what it's used for.
Also, online services suffer leaks and outtages and 3-letter/police pressure that I have no control or knowledge of that self owned self hosted software does not.
None of the excuses for rent hell are actually valid. They are just the excuses used to sell the idea.
The fact that services have their own problems does not mean there is no such thing as a valid service, or that the security update issue is not a real thing, it just means that this security update issue is just a thing like a lot of other things, that only really necessarily applies in certain cases, and doesn't apply everywhere, and doesn't override all other concerns, and there are other equally valid issues that are addressed by the opposite sort of model. Ie, it's nothing special and does not excuse or trump anything else.
This is an overused excuse that does not actually justify nearly as much as what it's used for.
Also, online services suffer leaks and outtages and 3-letter/police pressure that I have no control or knowledge of that self owned self hosted software does not.
None of the excuses for rent hell are actually valid. They are just the excuses used to sell the idea.
The fact that services have their own problems does not mean there is no such thing as a valid service, or that the security update issue is not a real thing, it just means that this security update issue is just a thing like a lot of other things, that only really necessarily applies in certain cases, and doesn't apply everywhere, and doesn't override all other concerns, and there are other equally valid issues that are addressed by the opposite sort of model. Ie, it's nothing special and does not excuse or trump anything else.