Hanging out in subreddits like /r/homelab, /r/servers, and /r/datahoarder, I see this question asked too many times:
I have extra space in my home server, how …

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Please Don't Sell Space In Your Homelab

We’re Really Not Trying To Ruin Your Dreams

I can’t believe this still needs to be said.
I once, back in the 90’s, set up an ISP platform for a friend to offer dial-up internet access to his clients. The whole thing ran off the back of a 56k modem for upstream access. It was horribly slow, but the RADIUS auth worked flawlessly. Nerds gotta get paid though.

This is like telling people don’t go around selling cookies from your home kitchen, there are legitimate restaurants out there that need to pass compliance and pay taxes… terrible take

People do this? and who are the customers who are buying from home labs who cant guarantee data safety and +90% uptime?

What about, hacking your neighbors home lab?

This kinda shows these compliance and laws are not in place to protect users, but to protect established businesses.