> Companies like Amazon have been playing dirty with Digital Rights Management (DRM) since the Internet's inception. Purchased digital goods have always been licenses more than owned assets.

There was a time when you actually purchased software. Owning a key gave you perpetual access to that software. And then SaaS came and now the only model ever considered is paying rent, even for stuff that runs on your computer.

That hasn't always been the case, and self-hosting seems to be the only way around that.