[lsb]

How are you a landlord if you're paying property taxes?

Once you have everything else set up, you can migrate to a server hosted on your own internet connection. Running your own data center is one of the more tricky parts of the equation, compared to almost-free web hosting for a 10MB site.

You're also just renting a domain name.

[Uehreka]

You’re also only renting your internet connection!

If you want to be a real rent-seeker (sorry, meant to say “landlord”) you’ll need to purchase an AS and become a BGP-peering sovereign citizen cutting deals with backbone networks.

[TacticalCoder]

> ... you’ll need to purchase an AS and become a BGP-peering sovereign citizen cutting deals with backbone networks

Which is doable as an individual. One of my very best mate did just that: granted he's got quite the networking skills but he did that entirely on his own.

He'll even get 256 IPv4 addresses but for these he was put on a long waiting list (I think in one to two months he'll get them but he's waiting since about a year): IPv4 addresses are the actual scarce landlordy Internet resources!

[animuchan]

Getting your own backbone cable installed in the ocean is where the real expenses begin though.

[ai-christianson]

I guess it's renting all the way down unless it's something like a decentralized network where control of keys represent ownership.

[idle_zealot]

And even with a decentralized mesh network you rely on good behavior from your peer/local nodes. Turns out the only way to truly own land is when your network consists of 10.0.0.0/8.

[anonym29]

The government graciously allows you to sublet their property as long as you keep up with the annual protection racket payments

[JackFr]

It’s not a racket — the state does use its monopoly on violence to enforce your title to the land. Otherwise it would only be yours until someone bigger and stronger came by.

[conorcleary]

The violence is inherent in the system.

[therein]

> How are you a landlord if you're paying property taxes?

Asking the important questions.

[xboxnolifes]

Easy question. You're only a Lord, not a King, so you pay fealty.