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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by schnex@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And if that's possible, why are servers needed at all? Can't an app just create a server per user and run it on the users device?

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[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want to create Facebook and run it on your device? Or Twitter? How do you get posts if your device is switched off?

[–] plistig@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever heard of "servers"? Do you think lemm.ee stops working if their admin's laptop goes into standby?

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That was literally the quotation.