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Sweden is also a really popular place for vpn hosts tho so they might not all actually be from sweden

here's a new one: https://files.catbox.moe/d56ws8.7z

you're even more missing the point. the cost of the CPU needed to run such a server is going to be more than the cost of storage by a large amount. it's not about the storage, and it's certainly not something most can do, otherwise we wouldn't be here arguing over it cause someone would've already done it lol

maybe your hobbiest server doesn't need a off-site backup but an instance of a massive social media network expected to be used by many users absolutely will. and sorry, but your nas simply will not cut it as far as throughput goes. it's just not designed for that much activity.

its still not a small amount of storage. and no, there's still not really sd cards or flash drives bigger than 1tb, but obviously even if there were and they were super cheap, that would still never suffice as server storage. plus, if you're hosting a node you'd want at least 4 or 5 times that storage to use a raid 5 or 6 array + at least one onsite backup, and one off-site backup.

now we're talking thousands of dollars in equipment just for storage, not the actual server itself, internet connection, etc.

your mom probably walked through one while pregnant /s

some of us had to work. not everyone has parents who can hold down jobs and bring in money. I worked at a grocery store cause it was easy to grab the perfectly good expired stuff being tossed.

I couldve worded it better and replaced "sentiment like this" with "statements like this" ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I agree. I didn't say you're wrong. I'm just saying that the way this the meme is phrased creates a false equivalency that is misleading unless spelled out like you did

I'm not a democrat and if I ever turn into one please put me down