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[–] IanTwenty@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying but nowhere else in that table is cost mentioned. Below the table they say maintanance is minimal. If you're already looking after storage, containers and server(s) I guess that could be true.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Are we looking at the same table? It says it's about cost in the left column. Or am I misunderstanding your post?

[–] IanTwenty@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry re-reading my comments it's not super clear what I meant: nowhere else in the table do they take account for the 'hidden' on-going maintenance of looking after a server/self-hosting. So this is the only row where they address 'cost' and I just thought it's a bit optimistic to say replacing all of Spotify just costs a one time server setup and storage. I think you're saying this row was only meant to indicate financial cost and I agree it's basically accurate from that meaning. However this is only the 'initial' cost. For example a self-hosted server and storage will eventually have to be replaced whereas Spotify will just keep replacing their own servers and that's already baked into the price of your subscription (caveat: that Spotify price will rise over time).

It's not a big point really, maybe I'm nitpicking.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 3 points 15 hours ago

Oh I see, that's right! It's not something we selfhosters usually admit when comparing costs I'd say :-)