> Obviously it's possible to do this securely, if you have the right technical knowledge and the time and dedication to apply it, but I'd guess that it's a very small percentage of people who fall into that camp.
I think there's an underlying subtext that is missed in the article and this comment. Like, I don't disagree with the quoted bit above, but at the same time, I can't help but recognize that its truth is a consequence of design choices rather than an inevitability.
Americans happily own cars, which are themselves quite dangerous, laborious to manage, expensive to operate, have to be insured, and require an extensive and constantly updated training to maintain. They are companies that offer rental models, rather than ownership models, but they are mostly used by urban dwellers with limited income and travelers. Most people would tell you they'd prefer to own one. It's just a cultural context.
The same applies to servers. We could have servers that were well designed for people to self-manage with perhaps some basic training (certainly no more difficult than what is required than to pass a driving test), regular servicing, recalls, service stations spread throughout the nation, legal adjusted to favour ownership, etc.
Really, from a practical standpoint, the difference between a server and so many other computers deployed in homes (routers, mobile phones, IoT devices, cars, laptops, etc.) is far more subtle than we're willing to acknowledge... and frankly we actually introduce a lot of systemic risk by NOT requiring basic skills, regular servicing, insurance, etc. for these "pseudo-servers".