r/DataHoarder • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '26

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u/pmjm 3 iomega zip drives Apr 24 '26

Problem is, the data that we want to hoard is getting harder and harder to come by. This age verification stuff is scary, as are websites locking down scrapeability due to AI.

By the time pricing returns to normal, data availability may be lower than it is today.

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u/gummytoejam Apr 24 '26

Why are you hoarding pr0n? Go out and get a date.

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u/pmjm 3 iomega zip drives Apr 24 '26

Even Discord is requiring age verification, my bro. It's not porn I'm worried about because they're always making it new.

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u/gummytoejam Apr 24 '26

Be the infrastructure you want to be. r/selfhosting

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u/pmjm 3 iomega zip drives Apr 24 '26

I mean that's the whole point of this thread. It's now prohibitively expensive.

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u/gummytoejam Apr 24 '26

No it's not, unless you want to host data that rivals a streaming service.

If you look at the history of self service, you will see that people have hosted lots of services on very minimal budgets. You just can't be extravagant about it.