I don’t have a home server yet but I’m exploring and sometimes I get confused about some posts here.
For example I saw a post asking for recommendation for a “self hosted budget management app”. Can’t you just install this type of app to your phone or pc? What’s the purpose here, will you host it and access it from a browser? Or do you only want to backup its data to your server?
I hope I don’t sound stupid please enlighten me.
This is like asking why do you cook your own food at home.
I self host because I know what I am getting, I can control the price I want to pay, and I don’t really need to involve other people in my life.
I identified the most with this answer.