I was under the assumption that Raspberry Pi was a US based company, but I just found out they are European and almost all made in Wales.

It’s probably the most European computer you can buy, with a massive following of enthusiastic developers creating alternatives for all the cloud services we are trying to stop using.

This has confirmed my choice to try and replace the US based cloud services my family and I are currently using.

  • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve thought of self-hosting a website at home on something like a Raspberry Pi but I thought of two problems with that idea:

    1. I think most ISPs don’t like it if you try to host a website on a domestic internet connection, so maybe they would cancel your contract at some point.
    2. If somebody out there doesn’t like the website you’re hosting then maybe they would try to attack your home server and therefore your home network, and maybe they would compromise your home network. Maybe it’s just safer to host a website on something like Hetzner.

    I don’t know if I’m just worrying too much. Maybe I am.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I think most ISPs don’t like it if you try to host a website on a domestic internet connection, so maybe they would cancel your contract at some point.

      It’s amazing how much damage ISPs have done to the Internet by having policies like that. Personally, I believe it was a significant factor in the rise of centralized walled garden services like Facebook.

      As such, I would encourage you to self-host a website as a matter of protest and principle.

      • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I could give it a shot, and see if my ISP notices. If they do object then I guess I could move to a cheap VPS.

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
      8·
      3 days ago

      1. Certainly depends; and it depends on traffic volume!

      2. Definitely something to consider; many folks (myself included) use a free/cheap VPS as the endpoint, and reverse proxy to home, via some VPN (WireGuard in my case). Works well, and lots of guides online.

    • cubism_pitta@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I’ve been hosting sites oof my home connection for over 15 years.

      Webservers and such don’t have any problems so long as you have the bandwidth to support them.

      I recommend (no idea on EU alt) a service like Cloudflare as that will boost your overall security / hide your real IP from end users

      The big piece that will not work from a residential connection is running a mail server. Thats partly because ISPs try to block them and also because most servers you would send mail to will reject any connections from a residential IP address.