https://isoul.uk/tags/data/Recent content in Data on isoul.ukHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GB© 2026Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:54:11 +0000https://isoul.uk/off-the-stack/why-i-started-wanting-my-data-back/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:54:11 +0000https://isoul.uk/off-the-stack/why-i-started-wanting-my-data-back/<blockquote><p><strong>Previously on isoul.uk:</strong> <a href="https://isoul.uk/off-the-stack/from-veoh-and-justintv-to-self-hosting-my-own-media/" >From Veoh and Justin.tv to Self-Hosting My Own Media</a> — streaming solved the convenience problem, but it did not solve the ownership problem.</p> </blockquote><p>For a long time I treated online accounts as permanent.</p> <p>Why wouldn&rsquo;t I?</p> <p>I had used the same main account for roughly two decades. Over that kind of period an account stops feeling like an account and starts feeling like infrastructure.</p> <p>Email goes there.</p>