I gone through a lot of hosting service providers and unfortunetly cannot find a single one that can be used without running nonfree programs, all of them require loading bulky obfuscated JavaScript apps.
I know of Codeberg Pages for static sites for example, but it is not suitable for any business or professional use.
What exactly do you mean? Typically you go to a website, register the domain, setup payment and then setup the nameserver. No need to install anything on your end.
Same with hosting. You sign up, setup payment, order a machine (root or virtual) and then you get SSH credentials and are good to go.
He wants one he an run without adding an exception on NoScript.
Personally, I don’t know of any.
I mean … that’s basically how the internet works today. And even if you don’t “run” proprietary stuff on your end, their service as a whole is still proprietary. So it seems like a pointless battle, IMO.
I would rather ensure to use a browser where I trust its sandbox to properly isolate the shit it has to run inside.
The question wasn’t about avoiding installing but running proprietary software.
But as I said: once the DNS entries are set up, everything is routed directly to your machine. What runs there is completely in your hands. Same with VPS/root server: SSH is free. Pick the client you like.
I don’t know of a single registrar or hoster that I can’t run without libre software.
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I get thy stand on this, personally I also have to compromise my software freedom to register my domains, but again OP asked to avoid X and saying after doing X you won’t have to is not answering the question.
What are you talking about? What nonfree programs? Can you give an example? Btw, for VPS you normally just need ssh, and that is free and even OSS.
There are people who stick to principles and there are people who stick to a form of the present they wished had come to fruition but never came.
Why not just go with a VPS? Then you can run whatever software you like.
Still need to somehow buy VPS and I can’t find a provider that do not require additional software.
I am confused why you think it requires additional software. For example, I personally use DigitalOcean, and that allows you to spin up servers via their website. No extra software needed.
I think he’s calling the website that is running non-free javascript as an additional piece of software based on his commment on “bulky obfuscated JavaScript apps.”
When registering on DigitalOcean: “You need JavaScript to run this app”.
Okey, so let’s check this scripts: https://ui-cdn.digitalocean.com/registration-next/399776b27f10a89571b17850f82383af2841fa66/static/js/main.9e36ba61.js
Seems like an extra software to me.
Dreamhost
Or buy a domain somewhere like Gandy or namecheap and host the website on a VPS somewhere
Gandy or namecheap
I’m pretty sure they require proprietary client-side scripts to function as well.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. I never needed anything with Gandy to register a domain. I don’t see why one would either.
JavaScript. Your browser downloads and runs it automatically and the vast majority of people either don’t consider it a problem at all or just accept that they can’t choose what software they run on their computer. This person apparently wants to avoid websites with proprietary JavaScript if possible.
