If you care about what you're building, don't host your stuff with Hetzner. Don't trust them.

They will take you down without warning and won't answer your queries. For sure, they'll send you an invoice, tho.

Happened before with @Ursalzona and other fediverse servers, happened now with this Peertube instance, and it's best to avoid being their next victim.

Go host your stuff somewhere else. And keep your backup routines working.

@daltux: https://snac.daltux.net/daltux/p/1742167277.002365

It keeps coming up, so I'm going to ask the LGBTQ+ community:

Is Hetzner still giving people on the Fediverse issues with LGBTQ+ content?

I know, last year (2024), Hetzner pulled down more than a few Fedi sites because they disliked drawings or photos of women kissing women, or men kissing men. Is that still an issue?

#LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #Trans #TransRights #LoveIsLove #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Hetzner

Funktioniert die #S3 Funktion von #PeerTube (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/remote-storage) auch mit der S3-kompatiblen Object Storage von #Hetzner (https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/object-storage/)?

Dear US friends. For a few bucks a month you can get, say, a terabyte of storage in a European datacenter at an EU-based hosting company to store pictures, documents, backups from you, your family and friends to keep them a bit further away from US authorities. It's not a 100% guarantee, but better than nothing.

I personally have #Nextcloud based storage at #Hetzner for that. Other companies offer similar solutions. Locally I just have the Nextcloud sync app installed.

https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/

For the past few months, we've been working on decreasing our dependence on #bigtech - most notably, our dependence on #Microsoft via #Github.

We've been experimenting with @forgejo (which is very enjoyable), setup the build proces on our own hardware.

Since yesterday, the main instance is also hosted by #hetzner. There are still a few dependencies, but the main hurdles have been taken!

Someone on here suggested a smaller green energy powered VPS host to get away from #Hetzner I cannot remember if it was a #GoToSocial post or a #RYOMS / #HomeLab post and cannot seem to locate anything now.

Who has a good VPS host recommendation?

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I signed up for a Hetzner account because they've got cheap web hosting, claim to use renewable energy, and seem to have a pretty good standing with web people.

To sign up with them you need to provide:
- Your name
- Full address
- Payment information (up front)

Then the account was flagged as high-risk, because obviously, so they also needed:
- A picture of my passport
- A selfie
- A mysterious verification process that took 5 minutes and required "human" validation

I get the need for a web-hosting company to want to screen its clientele, but that was invasive as fuck.

I've got an account now, but I'm second-guessing actually committing to using their services. I'll wait for the urine sample to clear before I make the final decision.