That isnt always the case. A single large machine will consume a lot of resources and will produce a large amount of waste which is often the reason why companies dont want to deal with it responsibly. Theres less thought into the infrastructure and is geared more towards profit which explains my why companies will always irresponsibly pollute with their byproducts. Think landfills, no matter how much money they throw to pass on the problems to another company, they will all cut corners. This has a far larger impact on the ecological system than a smaller machine.

On the other hand, a smaller self hosted machine allows for the person/local group to properly plan out the infrastructure to not only efficiently use resources but to also effectively process/handle byproducts.

If that is true then that is much better than revolt because that kind of name will make the majority of people roll their eyes and pass it up.

So while it hard to get your friends to join a different platform imagine how much harder it would be to get them to join “revolt”. Its super edgy

Mind sharing any linux phones candidates you are considering?