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What I Self Host

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116 points FredrikMeyer | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 16:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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leshokunin ◴[20 Oct 25 16:48 UTC] No.45646030[source]▶
Self hosting is great. The examples in this article are not exactly shining examples: an API that shows your Spotify stats?

If we’re going to talk about self hosting music, I’d like to mention Roon, which is loved by audiophiles. It aims at creating a magazine like experience for navigating and discovering music. Been using it since COVID and it’s completely transformed my experience of listening to something else than the same playlist over and over.

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throwaway270925 ◴[20 Oct 25 17:12 UTC] No.45646390[source]▶
How is this Roon selfhosting when its 14,99€/m? Isnt this just another Streaming Service?
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leshokunin ◴[20 Oct 25 23:19 UTC] No.45650632[source]▶
You can self host a server on your machine, and buy a license for it. Not all software you run on your own machine has to be open source. See: Plex for example.
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1. account42 ◴[21 Oct 25 11:13 UTC] No.45654500[source]▶
> Not all software you run on your own machine has to be open source.

You can take that risk if you want to. I prefer to not make myself dependent on a single vendor whenever possible.