This! Invest in local storage as much as possible, ideally create your own proper storage server! Given how fragmented and volatile things are becoming, this isn’t even just about access anymore, it’s about archival as well.
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DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or how about the radical idea of not relying on someone else for your important files?
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
b_tr3e@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
But… but, there is no such thing as local storage. There are just other people’s clouds!
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
How do you account for off site back ups though? I’m currently setting up my own set up but I’m not sure how I should perform off site back ups.
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Got a friend or family member willing to let you drop a miniPC at their place?
You could also go the offline route - buy two identical external drive setups, plug one into your machine and make regular backups to it, drop the other one in a drawer in your office at work. Then once a month or so swap them out to keep the off-site one fresh.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
that great for people who have the knowledge to do that, but keep in mind that most people do not, and don’t want to learn how to selfhost from the ground up if all they want to do is backup some photos or work files.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
The irony is that self hosting in many ways has become way easier, faster and cheaper then using proprietary alternatives.
The catch is what you are already used to do.
A good example to illustrate this is is how easy it is to install software tools on linux using a package manager.
You get used to this so quickly that when i had to install something on windows i really struggled:
i have to find the right site to download from, run that installer, navigate menus, make sure it doesn’t come with bonus malware. And then when i finally run it turns out its a free demo and half the features are locked.
Comparing different plans for o365 and setting up a family with different accounts, again its a pain.
Spinning up a one click install nextcloud instance and getting that configured was peanuts in comparison.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Agreed! I’m working on converting my wife and the rest of my family to Linux. I got a nextcloud server set up, alongside Grocy, Jellyfin, and a few others. So far, it’s made our lives better! It works better than our Google calendar. Everyone has their own accounts and things are rarely breaking. It’s so nice.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Well, there are always ready-to-go solutions. A 1TB external drive isn’t all that expensive nowadays, and they’re enough for daily use!
Plus, honestly… there are soo many tutorials online about how to set up everything, amd most things are a couple of commands one has to copy/paste into a command prompt. The anxiety is far worse than the procedure itself.
Maybe what’s needed is propagating these tutorials more, make them visible and highlight their accessibility in terms of procedural difficulty!
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
how many people do you think know what a command prompt is? because quite frankly even knowing that much is very uncommon for the vast, overwhelming majority of the population.
you’re talking about condensing years of learning into a few tutorials, as if it’s nothing. idk if it’s smug superiority, or you’re literally just ignorant of how much you know that the average person does not, but it’s fucking wild that you think the average person is going to be able to do what we do without giving up.
this ain’t a hobby for everyone else, it’s difficult and frustrating work.
dalekcaan@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Is there a way to automatically back up a device to an external drive like that? An advantage of the cloud is it’s automatic. So I don’t have to manually do it all the time or risk losing recent files.
feannag@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Absolutely. Plenty of backup software will work with an external drive, provided it’s plugged in. Hell even a cron job would work.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah. It’s astounding. People live every day with and within these lighted rectangles and have no fucking clue, and rarely any interest, in how they work.
I’m just done with them. Whenever it doesn’t do what they want and they start screeching, I just calmly get up and walk over and close the door.
Oh Windows problem eh? *sst*. Mmm. That sucks, bro.
Well, bye.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
But most of those people couldn’t care less about who they store their data with.
realitista@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
I mean to be fair, self hosting data doesn’t mean much more than just adding a hard disk or something. It’s only when you want remote access to it that it becomes more complex than that.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
it does. you need to choose the software. you need to install the software. you need to update the software, and be prepared to deal with a bad update. you need to keep backups so that you can restore your files when disaster happens, and you need to know how to make a proper backup (have all the data, also backup the permissions, databases need special care, …) and how to restore it.