That analogy doesn’t hold when yahoo can block gmail and proton can block all yahoo content, etc.

i7 12700, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVME x2 mirrored for OS, 10TBx8 z1

Proxmox VMs:

TrueNAS running storage array

Home Assistant

Ubuntu VM where everything else runs in Docker:

*pfSense

*Unifi controller

*Jellyfin

*Radarr

*Sonarr

*NZBGet

*Airsonic

*Ombi

*Transmission

*Calibre

*Soulseek

*BitWarden

*Traefik