I had to explain what a CD was to my kids the other day because I saw a CD-ROM mirror and decided to get one. We didn't even cover what "burning" one was.
when you work across the aisle with fascists, it makes you a fascist. and why would I want to change the mind of a fascist? unless by change minds, you mean clean them out with 5.56mm? because the only good nazi is a dead nazi, and democrats sure like cosplaying nazis.
Why use Caddy at all then? Tailscale would work just as well, with the added bonus that you could access it outside your LAN without exposing it to the clearnet.
Actually, they've said that their free tier is what gives them a paid tier to sell to other people. They know most people aren't going to buy anything from them, but the are fine with that because they get to collect a ton of data about who is using hundreds of thousands of websites in order to figure out what traffic is bad. Without that huge user base, they can't do what they do.
And judging from the article, it's working out for them.
I've got PugJesus and like three other people.
My blocked instances and communities, however, are too long to count. Probably well over a hundred.