do you lose any functionality on any of the services on start9 vs self hosting yourself? for example will integrations on nextcloud work the same on start 9 vs if you self host yourself? what are tradeoffs on services on start9 vs self hosting yourself? if you sideload a service is there any loss of functionality?
There is some confusion regarding the terms used here. For clarification, we use the term “self-host” to mean on hardware that you own and control. StartOS is an operating system designed specifically to make it easy for the average non-techie to self-host. StartOS and the services from the Marketplace come out of the box with highly opinionated and robust settings. This makes it generally plug-and-play for most users and also hard to break. The trade-off is the lack of flexibility you would have if you ran the same services on a Debian box or some other general-purpose Linux OS.
In the case of NextCloud, for example, not all integrations are compatible with the StartOS implementation. Only a few are actually supported, and many may break during a service update. NextCloud is much larger and more unwieldy than most services in this regard.
Sideloading is the process of installing a software package without using a Marketplace repository. The software must still be packaged for StartOS in order for it to be sideloaded. The functionality may be limited to what is intended by the package maintainer.
Please let me know if you need any further clarification.