Ask HN: What would make self-hosting easy enough for average consumers?

4 pointsby dani42993 hours ago1 comment

smalltorch3 hours ago
I feel nerd sniped.
Onion services. Just make it normal. Some may say that's overkill. It's really not today.
It happens to be the best way to self-host with privacy by default.
I don't buy that they are too slow. Its not. It's perfectly adequate.
- dani42992 hours ago
  Onion services never came in my mind tbh, but I think the core problem with onion services is the same with most NAS products and self hosting services out there. Most of the average consumers don't know what Onion services are, plus the technical knowledge barrier is still there, which is the main reason average consumers don't adopt self hosting. Which leaves us with the main question again, which technical barrier has to be removed to make the average consumer even consider self hosting in the first place?
  - setnonean hour ago
    > which technical barrier has to be removed to make the average consumer even consider
    that would be all technical barriers removed at once in an affordable, expandable and good looking personal server device i guess
  - smalltorch2 hours ago
    Three commands and you can transform the old phone, computer into a usable service and access it worldwide and its costs nothing.
    Perhaps it's just the knowledge that that is possible. People want digital sovereignty. They just don't know how easy it can be.
    Most people have an old Mac, used phone in the drawer collecting dust already. The barrier is extremely low.