mrnngglry

This is a good one!

Focus on services before devices. iCloud to Nextcloud, iPhoto to Immich, HomeKit to Home Assistant, etc. You can start using them concurrently, alongside Apple services so you still have that safety net while you figure things out. Most self-hosted services will have iOS/MacOS/TVOS clients so you can start using them now. Then when you’re ready to swap a device, you’re mostly ready to go.

I’ve been working on this myself after being all in on the Apple ecosystem since 2006. So far, I’ve moved to Jellyfin for my media, and made the Nexcloud and Immich switches. The most important thing here is that as you start to self host more important things like photos and documents, have a good way to back up that data.

No shit. You make PCs at lower specs at a higher price for the consumer, this is what you get.

Long-term, this is what the tech industry wants. Sell the best hardware to data centers and force consumers to rely on cloud compute via a subscription model.

It’s bleak.

In my experience, all it takes is one instance where a stream buffers or needs to transcode down to a lower quality. There are a lot of variables between your home server and someone else’s smart tv or set top box. Streaming services are really good at accounting for most of that and making it work reliably. I am sure most of our media servers are way less reliable, especially outside the home.

I had zero idea this was a thing. A true TIL. Thanks!

I like Whipper or Fre:ac but I’ll give this a try.