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I don't think that's a very good comparison. Self signed certificates can be very good. In fact, they can be more secure, depending on your threat model, because you don't have to trust the root.
Yeah, you're right. It isn't a comparison, just that action of signing something yourself is quite funny when you look at it from end user's perspective.
True but this is what it seems like from end user's perspective
Joke's on you, I'm the only user of my PKI.