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.
Sure, but then the data is, in most cases, not mine. It’s shared with some 3rd party. “Free” apps aren’t ever free. No such thing as “free”. You’re always paying with something.
Other than that, it’s a hobby. Learning hosting, docker, containers, servers, Linux, etc.