• Obinice@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Indeed, might it be a good idea for the very long term, keeping an account active for a decade plus I mean, ensuring you have access to everything and all communities etc, to run your own instance that’s literally just for you, not publicly available?

      It would cost pennies, after all. I was thinking about it.

      • Rose@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Could you explain how it’s pennies, rather than over $100 a year for the domain and the server?

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          1 year ago

          Server is “free” in that it can run on the computer you already have, with the Internet connection you already have. Domain registration is fairly cheap, I last paid $65 for 5 years. I haven’t shopped around in a while so there could be cheaper options. SSL cert can be had for free though you will have to renew it every 3 months, but that can often be automated…