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I know someone thinking about running open source services for people as a business.

Do you know anyone who would be willing to pay to have someone set up & manage a Nextcloud server, Jitsi, Matrix, ActivityPub, GitLab, Jellyfin, OpenVPN, BTC/LND, or any other service?

Or have "free" services like GSuite, Zoom, and the rest made this business model impossible.

Would love to hear people's thoughts on this. It seems like something the world needs, but not sure if the economics work in these times.
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AU9913 6mo ago

This business exists and it's called start9

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Dr. Hax 6mo ago

I'm not talking about a company who sells you a server that you have to configure, patch, punch holes in your router's firewall, run into massive headaches when two apps want to use the same port, etc.

Besides, anyone can use yunohost for free if they want the supposedly easy to use solution.

I'm talking about the option to have someone take that load off of people.

If I understand correctly, you are implying that there's no market for such a service. Either people will use commercial services that make money off being data brokers, or they will set up a server in their home and do everything themselves. No market for a middle ground. Is that correct?

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il_lost_ 6mo ago

something like this? https://eggstr.com/

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Dr. Hax 6mo ago

Yes! Pretty much exactly like that but beyond nostr + bitcoin. TY for the pointer.

If they move forward with this, I might suggest they only focus on things that eggstr doesn't provide and point people there for those things.

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AU9913 6mo ago

I'm sure there is a market for that, by the margins get slimmer each year. Start9 is basically boomer proof. Once clearnet comes out, i anticipate it'll be monkey proof

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Dr. Hax 6mo ago

Thank you for the feedback