@tg i finally read this and it’s good! i wonder how this relates to more “hobbyist” devices like the pebble. my pebble will break about every 2 to 3 days on average, requiring me to force disconnect and reconnect it, but outside of that it very rarely bothers me and i can configure the settings to make it bother me even less. i wonder where the trade-off is for self hosting? i hear friends that self-host talk about the reduction in cognitive load that comes from no longer needing to think about their stuff being held hostage. technically it just works because they own the whole machine, but also more basic IT is on them. interesting perspectives, because we live in a world powered by tech, so no matter what, we need to have some amount of tech to maintain the conveniences.