• liara@piefed.ca
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    1 day ago

    20 hours per year is far too many hours of my time, and you’re past the point of having to spend the time architecting it. You also have the operational costs of whatever you decide to host on, along with your backups.

    Imo, paying $100 or even $200 a year is a steal in comparison

    • Routhinator@startrek.website
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      1 day ago

      I pay $300 for 3 years with SSD nodes.

      I never have to worry about the company hosting my mail going corrupt, being sold, or being coerced into giving access to my data without just cause.

      You undervalue the cost of maintaining the trust with a provider