I don't fully understand how/why you guys selfhost some apps - eviltoast

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.

  • Sabinno@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Most people want services to be synced across devices. Using the budget app example, I just couldn’t possibly do all of my budget tasks from my phone alone. It’s too limited of a screen size and not all features are available within the app.