Showroom7561
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- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 27 minutes ago:
Fair enough. I still don’t think that being open about their self-hosted option would hurt them.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 1 hour ago:
You implied that it would hurt business, and that really doesn’t seem to be the case for other projects using a self-hosted/subscription business model.
If you meant something else, then I guess I misunderstood. No harm, no foul.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 2 hours ago:
Has that killed Bitwarden yet? There are many self-hosted projects that also have paid options.
I’d be happy with a paid (one-time fee) license for a self-hosted option with any software. Subscriptions should only be paying for data/storage, and if that’s offloaded to the customer’s local hardware, there’s no need to keep them on a subscription.
Especially for a product that’s privacy-first, that really should include a self-hosted option (paid or otherwise).
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 21 hours ago:
I don’t mean to talk negatively at all, and their product looks amazing (especially with the added context you’ve provided).
For me, based on my own experience and the huge amount of storage needed to keep my photos/videos safe, it’s not cost-effective for me personally. If the choice was any of the other paid services or Ente, I think Ente would be the clear winner from the sound of it.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 22 hours ago:
Like with all other online services, it’s cheap until your collection grows. I basically outpaced Google Drive (at the time), and it would have been significantly more expensive to continue with their paid plans. So, I invested in hardware. LOL
But realistically, if you have a smaller photo/video collection, then I think it would be just as easy to spend $5-10 a month and forget about it. I was working with decades worth of images, so I would quickly outgrow any 1, 2, 3TB plans.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 22 hours ago:
I may have tried the demo at some point (along with other Self-hosted solutions for photo backup), but Synology Photos does what I want without any real setup.
For search, I use a paid software called Excire Foto (German origin) that uses local-AI. I point it to my network folder, and it creates its own database away from my originals. Expensive software, but it’s been worth it. Synology photos also has searching by subject, but Excire is far more contextual and easily beats out anything that Google Photos offered.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 23 hours ago:
My Synology NAS is set up as RAID, so there’s redundancy built in.
Then I have daily backups to an external drive (automatic, so there’s no intervention).
In addition to (automatic) daily encrypted cloud backup (which I’m looking for an alternative due to rising costs). Ideally, I’d love to set up a second, smaller NAS somewhere else to offset the cloud backup costs.
Then I have a monthly backup on physical media kept secured outside of my home.
But my NAS handles way more than just photos and video, so this low effort is really covering all kinds of data.
I made the switch to self-hosting in part to reduce subscription costs of various services, and I’m sure that by now my setup has paid for itself.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 23 hours ago:
Thank you. Any reason why they wouldn’t make it more apparent from their homepage? I’m always interested in self-hosted solutions, and even I ducked out of there after seeing only subscription plans being offered.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 1 day ago:
Is it?? They don’t make that evident anywhere on their website. All I see is a pricing page with no hint that it can be self-hosted.
- Comment on Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service 1 day ago:
I appreciate the privacy-first model, but I don’t think I can ever go back to paid subscriptions for my photo and video storage. Not only does it cost a fortune over time, but when the company eventually folds or changes their policy for the worst, it’s a nightmare to get your photos and videos to another platform.
Self-hosting is what I prefer, although, I can appreciate that it’s not an option for everyone.
- Comment on Keep Tabs On Your Vehicle’s Needs With LubeLogger 5 days ago:
Thanks. I guess the demo restricts those backup and export features.
- Comment on Keep Tabs On Your Vehicle’s Needs With LubeLogger 5 days ago:
I know it exists, but would rather self-host and not have this data linked to Strava.
Not sure how data is exported from that app, though.
- Comment on Keep Tabs On Your Vehicle’s Needs With LubeLogger 5 days ago:
Can you screenshot that?
I see an export attachments (does nothing when I tried), and reports (only prints the data, but doesn’t export in any meaningful file format).
- Comment on Keep Tabs On Your Vehicle’s Needs With LubeLogger 5 days ago:
I don’t give a shit about my car, but I’d love to use this for my bikes! I’m currently using a spreadsheet and self-hosted calendar to keep track, but this would be “easier”.
I tried the demo, but maybe I missed it: how do you export the data you’ve input, in case you need to move it to somewhere else or if the project stops, and you want to back up the data?
Data portability is as important to me as self-hosting.
- Comment on 'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties 1 week ago:
This is why the only Apple product I’ve owned was a free iPad. It feels claustrophobic to be trapped in their ecosystem.
- Comment on 'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties 1 week ago:
Destroys their entire business model 😂
- Comment on Best web archiving software for complex sites and sites requiring logins? 1 week ago:
Singlefile is the only one that works reliably for me.
Linkwarden would have been awesome, but I had so many issues with it when I was self-hosting. I think it’s improved since then, though.
- Comment on Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks ever made over trim falling off | Electrek 1 week ago:
That’s because Tesla is a data collection company, not a car manufacturer 😂
- Comment on Starting to self host 3 weeks ago:
Some of Synology’s software can feel a little clunky to use but generally I’ve found it to work great despite my limited knowledge.
Yeah, I make regular use of some of their built-in apps (Note Station, Drive, Photos).
But they aren’t perfect.
For example, Note Station has no good way to export the data for use outside of Note Station (poor data portability) and Synology Audio just feels so outdated. Photos is their best software, IMO.
The beauty of self-hosting this stuff is that you can use any third-party software that reads the files, and you’re good to go. Your music, videos, photos, and documents are available as you see fit.
- Comment on i’m not religious. stop trying to force me to be. 3 weeks ago:
you can’t prove that no god exists, but there are a lot of proofs that the christian god cannot possibly exist.
I agree 100% with the latter part of that statement.
But it’s not up to anyone to prove that something does not exist. It’s entirely up to the person making the claim that gods do exist, to provide the evidence.
At that point, you’d be able to either validate the evidence or prove it to be wrong.
The problem with any religion is that it’s based on faith. And what is faith? The belief in something without evidence that it exists. 🫢
Don’t waste your time even worrying about religion. Life’s too short for that nonsense.
- Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option. 3 weeks ago:
That’s the problem, really. They all have pros and cons.
Kagi is American, so they are out for me. So is DuckDuckGo.
I don’t care if startpage uses the Google index, since Google isn’t profiting from my data or from ads.
Their servers are in the EU, and the balance between privacy and usable results is good enough.
I see it like using a third-party front end for YouTube. All of the benefits with none of the risks or private data theft.
- Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option. 3 weeks ago:
Alternative?
- Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option. 3 weeks ago:
Startpage.com
Better than qwant in my opinion.
- Comment on Starting to self host 3 weeks ago:
My adventure into self-hosting started with a Synology NAS maybe 5 years (?) ago.
With just the built-in software, I was able to replace Google Photos, Evernote, Dropbox, Google Calendar, Google contacts, and Google Play Music and Movies.
Then as I learned how to use docker, I was able to replace more services.
There may be “better” options out there beyond what Synology offers, but it’s been such a “set and forget” experience, that it’s easy for me to recommend them as an option.
The biggest barrier, IMO, isn’t the learning curve, but the initial investment for the NAS + HDDs and the upgrade path as your storage needs grow.
- Comment on Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves ‘worse than tariff’ 4 weeks ago:
Cry us a river.
You have a problem? Blame Trump.
- Comment on More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report 4 weeks ago:
Have you met an obese person? It’s like they are never satisfied. Eating just to est.
Sorry to be the Debbie downer 🫣
- Comment on Release FreshRSS 1.26.0 4 weeks ago:
The only feature I want in FreshRSS is a way to DELETE entries. This is critically important if you’re using RSS feeds for something like Lemmy (or Reddit) where some very NSFW or illegal content gets through before it’s moderated out of the platform. I really don’t want to be archiving that shit!
- Comment on Proton will no longer post on Mastodon 5 weeks ago:
Proton the privacy company… “follow us on reddit”?
I think I’ll cancel my services with them now. Thanks for making it easy. Idiots.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 5 weeks ago:
Even if “better” is just lack of nags.
Well, they just swap nags from “download out app” to “rate our app” no matter what you do, you’ll be nagged…
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 5 weeks ago:
That’s exactly it. Easy to block ads and trackers on a website, but more difficult or impossible on some apps.
One of the banking apps won’t show the total balance of the account unless I’m using the app. How ridiculous.