I get that Aira is expensive to run. However, I would like to point out that I can get an actual honest to God dedicated server from Hurricane frickin Electric for less than that mid-range price, and on top of my concerns about what they're using all the data they're snarfing for and their complete lack of transparency about any of this I will continue not subscribing and insisting others not use Aira in my presence.

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There are a lot of people out there who equate writing good, secure, privacy-enhancing software, with promotion of “self-evidently problematic” anti-statist libertarian agendas which they rail against — presumably because they’re worried that society (i.e. they) will lose something from re...