Why should I get a VPS over self hosting? (lemmy.world)

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A recent post here about 4th July sales has made me consider buying a VPS but the cost still seems a little steep. What are the main advantages of using a VPS?

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[-] OnionFutures@vlemmy.net 7 points 3 years ago

        Lower upfront costs and quicker to set up as you don't have to buy the hardware
Don't have hardware taking up space in your home
Flexibility of being able to scale up or down your specs (or get rid of the VPS entirely) at the click of a button
Don't have to open your home network to the internet
Better uptime (not your job to fix outages)


      

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