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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just a warning not to get into it unless you're capable of helping yourself.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's true of all self-hosting.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

De-DRMing audible audio books and self hosting are not inextricably linked. I just wanted to repost it to make sure people saw it before diving in.

The origins of the phrase "here be dragons" is one of placing a warning of caution on an unexplored area of the map. It says nothing negative about the developer.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In my experience, that's just true of all software. There's a couple of high end InDesign plugins I use for work. Aside from that, I'm on my own.