TLDR: Does not know how to setup VPN for remote access. His NAS needed constant maintenance and broke frequently (playing around too much?). Used Youtube as information source / to solve problems.
Selfhosting is the best solution for everything except maybe email. I’m not sure the author of this article actually knows how to use computers.
You can’t expect people to have the skill or money to self host. There need to be alternatives that are simple and uncomplicated.
People are trained to give their data to corporations and subscribe to everything costing them more money over the course of their lives. Selfhosting is simple nowadays particularly with projects like Umbrel out there in the market. If someone is a white collar worker under 40 “complicated” or “time-consuming” aren’t really viable excuses anymore. It’s something else.
