StartOS facilitates the entire process of discovering, installing, configuring, and using any variety of open-source software from anywhere in the world without trusting anyone.
Nobody can stop you from spending your money as you see fit, 24/7/365, from anywhere, to anywhere, instantly, and for free.
N—… Nobody is doing that now, with regular money, either. Why would anyone want to stop me from spending my money? Apart from maybe my wife…
Nobody is doing that now, with regular money, either.
I think it’s more for ACH between banks as well as some banks have limits. Also, a government literally stepped in to actively block people’s accounts. Just because you can swipe your card and buy a soda, doesn’t mean there aren’t restrictions or people being blocked.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday financial institutions have moved quickly to freeze the accounts of people linked to the demonstrations in Ottawa, leaving an unknown number of protesters in financial limbo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-protests-frozen-bank-accounts-1.6355396
Well that’s scary. Luckily I live nowhere near that part of the world.
But even if I have a server, I’ll have to have my own separate Internet if I really want to be able to pay unrestrictedly. Otherwise the government would just shut down my internet connection, right?
But even if I have a server, I’ll have to have my own separate Internet if I really want to be able to pay unrestrictedly.
Separate Internet? I mean, yes, you do need Internet. Not sure what you mean by “separate.” And you don’t need a server (node), though they are handy for privacy. You could choose one that is reputable.
Otherwise the government would just shut down my internet connection, right?
If they knew where it/your Internet was. All you really need is your phone or PC. You could use a cafe or library or cell tower or etc.
What I mean by separate Internet is a connection to other computers so I can make payments, where said connection isn’t able to be controlled by the government.
Yes, you need an Internet connection at some point. This can be a cafe, a library, an office, your house, friend’s house, etc. As for controlled by the government, well, that depends on your country.
Worst case, if possible, you can move countries. I understand that might not be feasible, but my point is, you can move countries to escape the government and Internet restrictions. But the government locks your account/bank? Moving countries doesn’t fix that, and you’re locked out of any money you had there.
I really like the idea of user-friendly selfhosting (which is essentially what this company is offering, I mean hell, I’ve had similar business ideas floating around in my head too) BUT any company that has:
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an in-the-know marketing team
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Any employees that are somewhat technical enough (which should be guaranteed for a company with this sort of product
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NOT a scam
Would know what a HUGE risk reputation-wise it is to showcase crypto-related selfhosting on the FRONT page. It’s like a “build-a-red-flag” or “destroy-our-reputation” speedrun. Even IF you want to offer this, anyone in-the-know with at least 3 braincells would bury this deep in the page and make it difficult to find (if they were well-intentioned in the first place) because at this point anything crypto, especially being the main offering, is a huge red flag.
If instead, they offered a nextcloud instance, for example, or Pihole as an adblocker, or some other good and common services, maybe a selfhosted VPN (or maybe not, because of the stupid and misleading ads of VPN companies), they would be seen as 100% more legit.
Edit: Just checked their marketplace and they have:
Jellyfin
Vaultwarden
FreeGPT-2
Gitea
Matrix
Nextcloud
Their own service for TOR pages
Ghost (a blogging platform)
SearxNG (a search engine)
I mean, add Wordpress, Pihole and some other friendly services, and advertise THOSE!!! Build your own Google (SearxNG)! Build your own MS Office online and OneDrive (Nextcloud)! Build your own Github (Gitea)! Build your own Discord (Matrix)! Build your own password manager (Vaultwarden)! Build your own Netflix (Jellyfin)!
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What the hell is this? Half way down the page it becomes a crypto advert…
This looks real stupid.
You sound real stupid
Bruh are you really going to my other comments and commenting. Are you 12? Go touch grass.
aww sweetie. Think you sound mature when you react to vegans calling them , checks notes, “fucking annoying “? I’m echoing your tone as a point - I’d call it a “rhetorical device” if I was smarter but I’m clearly stupid enough to be getting empty dopamine from interactions like this lol
You are fucking annoying. You can speak however you like but your behavior is childish and annoying. Goodbye. Have fun with your empty dopamine I guess.
I mean, this does look stupid, but you also do sound stupid in another post, so I stand by the original comment
Packaging a service for StartOS is a challenging, exciting, creative, and rewarding experience.
Yeah no thanks I’ll just run it on Ubuntu or Arch Linux then, where a package is already available.
How’s it standing out? What’s the benefit over other self-hosting distros like YunoHost, Cosmos, Cloudron etc? Except the added Bitcoin?
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Like to tinker? DIY your server.
Yeah I love doing it myself my server.
BECOME BITCOIN BECOME LIGHTNING
LOL, not in a million years. Dumping this like the cryptocurrency infected garbage it is.
Nobody can stop you from spending your money as you see fit, 24/7/365, from anywhere, to anywhere, instantly, and for free.
Except it’s not.
I mean, that quote is truer for any regular currency than it is for shitcoin. The only unique thing about cryptocurrency (and especially POW ones) is that it’s flushing the environment down the drain even quicker than bog standard hypercapitalism. And still you can’t use your fucking monopoly money to buy a bottled water.
You lost me the second I saw crypto shit.
Looks nice, will wait to see how it takes off
