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submitted 7 months ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/30840627

Genuine question, so please don't be mean to whoever responds. Better to learn than to judge.

Curious if people who are on Cloudflare are considering any selfhosted alternatives? If not, interested to hear what is a deal breaker in regards to using a service besides Cloudflare. I do hear a lot of praise for Cloudflare when facing DDOS, and always happy to learn more!

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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

Yes. I bought the domain through them, to keep it all nice and simple.

[-] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 0 points 7 months ago

you bought one? Like in - one time payment with infinite time ownership?

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 25 points 7 months ago

There are no domains that are infinite time ownership (AFAIK, please correct me if I'm wrong), but its pretty close to ownership. I have the rights to the domain for 10 years, and I get first dibs on renewal after that. So its sorta renting/sorta owning?

[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Like in - one time payment with infinite time ownership?

It's like paying off and owning a house. Sure, you own it, but quit paying state taxes (assuming US, or Council Tax and Business Rates for UK etc) for a very long time and find out what happens. LOL

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