Strypey<p>The sudden and unexpected shuttering of mtrx.nz and peertube.nz in the last couple of weeks is a stark reminder of how ephemeral community-hosted services can be. In the absence of third options, people are stuck with technical infrastructure offered either by corporations, or by informal group of volunteers. Who have every right to walk away at any time, leaving the people hosted on their servers scrambling for a replacement.</p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechCoOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCoOps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PlatformCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformCoops</span></a></p>