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[โ€“] 47 points 10 months ago* (9 children)

Jesus... I didn't know people live like that. Cloud sever is like 5 euros/month. Self host ownCloud, bitwarden and you have half of that covered. Proton makes sense here but the first setup is insane.

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  • [โ€“] 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Self hosting is not for average Joe. Even for skilled people is quite some work and maintenance.

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 10 months ago

    Define average. There are so many guides and prepared packaging (debian 13 offers freebombox install under the blends). It requires foremost an interest in self hosting.

    When exposing them on the internet without vpn's that's when it gets tricky an requires more knowledge.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago

    One thing that always concern me about selfhosting is that you need to manage the app yourself, you need to deal with updates, security and the risks of exposing a service to the internet.

    It is awesome to be able to do it, but if you neglect the maintenance, you may be in for a bad time.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    True. Thatโ€™s what I pay on Hetzner for my VPS. Because Iโ€™m lazy I pay an extra for their NextCloud hosted solution. In the VPS, among other things, I have OnlyOffice, that integrates directly with NextCloud, solving my office needs.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 10 months ago

    Me too. I pay 7โ‚ฌ/month for a VPS. I put Yunohost on it. That makes selfhosting really easy and low-maintenance. And that's pretty much it, with stuff I rely on. Except from some separate email accounts. And I just skip all the AI stuff. That's an extra $20 that doesn't go to big tech, and ChatGPT and Grok are for "free" once I feel the urge to pose a question to AI.

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