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I didn't realize, but apparently this is a long-standing argument. I did just a tiny bit of digging because I'm sort of into self-hosting and I ran across the selfhosted Reddit's wiki on the topic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/wiki/selfhosted

TLDR: they don't differentiate on whether you own the hardware or not.

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Basically it sounds like IaaS is fine (even though someone else manages the hardware and restricts OS choices), and even PaaS is fine (even though someone else manages the hardware, the OS, and the configuration of interpreters such as php / node.js / python / etc.), since these let you run your own code (which can include your instance of community code). Only SaaS would be excluded, as these don't let you run your own code.

IaaS VPS's and rented colo VMs are definitely fine. PaaS is... slightly not? it's the grey edge!

SaaS is definitely not you running stuff you control or could move anywhere.

If it's a buck standard linux box, yeah that's self hosting!

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