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		graemep 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You don't have to pay the Microsoft 365 price incr... > and you can't self-hosted email because sender reputation is too important in business. You can self-host and use a delivery service for outgoing. > I think what it would take to escape SaaS is to go back to paper filing Why not self-hosted alternatives? > Manually backing-up everything probably costs more in external hard drives and time than it saves in SaaS fees. I find that hard to believe. Even cloud backup services are not that expensive.

redserk 8 months ago [–]

> You can self-host and use a delivery service for outgoing.

Going from relying on a subscription SaaS service to…still relying on a subscription *aaS service. And you still have the cost of keeping someone on staff to maintain the server and be available at 3am and 3pm.

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