Creating your own digital fortress of solitude
Cheapskate's Guide to Creating Your Own Digital Fortress of Solitude:
While cloud services and cloud computers sometimes make sense for those who are less tech savy, companies' Mayn motivation for pushing all computer users into the cloud is to increase corporate profits. The cloud is a place where they can force us to pay monthly fees for software and online services provided by their ecosystems. In most cases, we have the same capabilities at less cost with hardware or software that we purchase and run ourselves on our own computers. But, companies want us storing our files on their servers, where they can charge monthly fees. They want us using the software on their servers, where they hope to charge monthly fees. They want us listening to music on their servers, where they can charge ... Well, you get the idea. For the sake of increased profits, companies are in the process of substituting their online services for everything we can now do locally on our own computers.
An excellent guide not just to how, but also why you should reclaim your freedom from the services offered by the tech giants. I have been chipping away on my very own "digital fortress of solitude" and self-hosting in general over the past year, and I am getting ready to do my own write-up soon.