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Re: Always Own Your Platform

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>HN probably has the largest proportion of people who maintain their own websites ...on AWS.

The statement probably holds true of people who self-host in their home as well. I currently run a cluster in my basement.

Yes, no doubt this community has the largest percentage in both categories of "self-hosting". I have VPS's in multiple countries as well as hosting from my home.

Re: Always Own Your Platform

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Also, what happens when I'm not around to pay those peanuts? All gone? Not acceptable to most people.

This is a weird line to argue from... What guarantees any platform you use (yes, even including wordpress) won't delete you data or terminate your service agreement? Even more laughable, if it was unfairly terminated, how can you argue when you are dead? If you want longevity -- and want a VPS, just load up your vps (in the case of DO) wallet, pre-purchase out your domain name for a few years in advance and sit back.…

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