On: Helm is a personal server that lives where you do

[gsreenivas]

If people are lumping in all tech companies in with big tech, we should all be concerned about that.

[Talanes → gsreenivas]

People who are consciously trying to de-couple from big tech are the same people who are conscious about lock-in effects.

[gsreenivas → Talanes]

There isn't any lock-in using a Helm. You can always access and export your data on the LAN using standards-based clients to get your data wherever you'd like it to be.

[diftraku → gsreenivas]

You say "standards-based clients", does this mean I do not have direct access to the filesystem? Or a shell account for that matter?

Using email as an example, having to transfer email with drag'n'drop in something like Thunderbird is clunky, slow but works to a degree.

Having direct access to the mailbox directory on the filesystem would make it easier to transfer out/in (assuming you already have your emails in the same format).

[asymptosis → gsreenivas]

Arguing with people who are trying to tell you how to market better isn't going to help you market better. Quite the opposite.

[solarkraft → Talanes]

Not only that, those are one of the big reasons for the migration away.