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Google Removes ‘Pirate’ URLs from Users’ Privately Saved Links (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] Dicska 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

As someone who just converted from Chrome to Firefox 1-2 months ago: what alternative can you recommend to Google Drive? I wouldn't miss everything from it, but being able to easily share data (so that they can play videos, audio files or documents without having to manually download them) is one of them.

EDIT: and maybe Google Photos. Mainly for syncing.

[–] cybersandwich 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nextcloud has most, if not all, of the features of drive in my experience.

(Don't everyone hit me) the snap version of nextcloud is dead simple to stand up. But if you are adamantly opposed to snap, the docker version is semi-easy to get going. Or you could just spin up a linode instance with it on there for like $5/mo.

This is all a self-hosted/self-responsible option though. So back it up etc.

[–] Dicska 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the idea. I'm mainly looking for storage that I could access even if I blow up my house.

[–] LrdThndr 1 points 10 months ago

This.

I invested in my personal infrastructure a bit. Bought an old retired Dell R710 server for $100, installed proxmox on it. Nextcloud is basically a one-click install using a Turnkey Linux container.

My setup clearly isn’t for everyone, but if you’ve got $100 to spare for some hardware and aren’t afraid of running your own server, proxmox is free and crazy powerful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For storage, for free options I'd recommend filen.io, which gives you 10GB free. If you're open to other paid options, proton drive and infomaniak drive seem alright.

Just skimming the alternativeto entries for google photos, the open source alternatives to Google photos look like they tend to be either paid or self hosted. Stingle Photos has a free 1GB tier you could try out. Otherwise, paid options include Stingle, ente, and seafile, and self hosted options include immich and Nextcloud (which is also a drive alternative).

[–] Dicska 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, thanks for the detailed answer! I wouldn't mind a paid service as long as it's not significantly more expensive than what Google can offer. However, I'm a bit more conscious regarding data security. I checked on mega.io and I've read mixed opinions.

[–] Throwaway4669332255 4 points 10 months ago

Depends on how much effort you want to put into it. Nextcloud is the closest in terms of features but you'll need to set it up.

I have a ProtonDrive account and I like it but it doesn't have auto upload of photos. You need to manually upload them. I'm personally fine with this since 90% of my photos are receipts and junk.

[–] Mateoto 2 points 10 months ago

I use Sync.com for years (since 2015 after my very privacy heavy swiss cloud service shut down). It's Canadian, the end-to-end encryption (on device,upload and cloud) is the highest I encountered and it's extensive zero-knowledge policy was my reason to sign up.

They added some nice sharing features with quite the extensive control and easy Setup. So might be worth checking out.

And obligatory referral link for a free account 🙃:

https://www.sync.com/?_sync_refer=7265130

[–] joel_feila 2 points 10 months ago

Protonmail has smaller cloud storage, but you have to pay for it. A thumb drive will work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Mega.io created by Kim Dotcom is (mostly) open source.

[–] gxgx55 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't trust anything involving fucking Kim Dotcom lmao

[–] Dicska 1 points 10 months ago

I've read some concerning stuff about him. The usual counterargument was that the source code was still open/public, but I can imagine he could still do nasty stuff to the plain data if he wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Proton drive gives a lot less storage for free but is known to be more secure and private

[–] Dicska 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I will take a look.

[–] PHLAK 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've switched over to Proton for email, calendar and drive. I still haven't found a replacement for Google Photos but I'm looking for one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have you tried iPhoto with Advanced Protection enabled?