D-side (talk | contribs)
Linked to cloud services as something of an opposite
Rudxain (talk | contribs)
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Messaging (such as e-mail, social networks and instant messengers), publishing (blogs, wikis, etc.), most forms of continuous data synchronization between devices and remote access of other devices are examples of services that can provide value to users by themselves, with clients widely available or unnecessary.
Messaging (such as e-mail, social networks and instant messengers), publishing (blogs, wikis, etc.), most forms of continuous data synchronization between devices and remote access of other devices are examples of services that can provide value to users by themselves, with clients widely available or unnecessary.


Self-hosting such services might be useful for privacy: for those that do not wish for their activity on these services to be transmitted to the internet at all. Self-hosting may also provide additional resilience: the service can remain fully functional in a [[Local area network|local network]] where it's deployed — which is useful in case the internet service provider (ISP) has an outage or if an alternative public service falls under new legal restrictions (e. g. censorship) and becomes inaccessible.
Self-hosting such services might be useful for privacy: for those that do not wish for their activity on these services to be transmitted to the internet at all. Self-hosting may also provide additional resilience: the service can remain fully functional in a [[Local area network|local network]] where it's deployed — which is useful in case the [[internet service provider]] (ISP) has an outage or if an alternative public service falls under new legal restrictions (e. g. censorship) and becomes inaccessible.


===Digital services for "connected" products===
===Digital services for "connected" products===