I like self-hosting stuff for my own use. And, while I remain of the view that “self-host it” is not the answer for many people, personally, I am a fan. Most of my thinking about this comes from a mix of perspective: technical, freedom, privacy. I like to control what I use. But what about regulatory protection? A couple of years ago, I wrote some notes on English law implications of operating fediverse services. And, at the end, I posited: What about single-user instances? I was asked a ...