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Ente encrypted open source alternativ to Google Photos. Can be self hosted and supports S3 backend (ente.io)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Been trying it for a little while. It's exactly what I have been looking for.

Works great
is encrypted
can be self hosted
edge ML for photo search (not perfect yet)
S3 backend #ente @[email protected]

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[–] Specal 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right but a small company or even a group of people aren't going to put resources into something that a few % of people use. Look at Linux, despite it being the most used operating system in the world, retail sticks to windows and Mac, so it just doesn't get the same level of support.

I completely agree in the sense people should educate themselves and use products that benefit them and don't abuse them, but people don't. And because people don't, companies won't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Folks are free to do what they want with their project just as I am free to judge them for their choices. The big problem with these sort of communication decisions is that you effectively silence those that would like to raise their hand toward wanting something for them too. “We asked our Discord chat room if they like it & they all said yes, so the community has already spoken with regards to Discord”. If lazy, it is next to zero effort to say: “we also (unofficially) support a Libera.Chat/OFTC room @ #foobar” so the other folks know where to find the other ones that value their bandwidth, system resources, freedom, privacy, security, blocked by sanctions, or just sick of mainstream social media/ads.

With regards to Linux, it’s been a grassroots effort by enthusiasts that take the philosophies to heart, & it is just a shame to adopt the licensing, but not the general philosophy. As users, I think we should be more critical of these choices, but there’s a lot of shrug it would be nice, but…

[–] Specal 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's harsh to criticise people for not working for free..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Start with good, accesible tools you can have control of—either by self-hosting or that they have their source code available so you can suggest fixes, or migrate off later. Choosing proprietary software like this leads to inevitable lock-in so why start there if we have seen this play out many times?