I’ve been wanting to move away from Dropbox for a long while, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. Dropbox has always been super convenient and has just worked for me.

I’ve tried Tresoit but the low link sharing limits (2gb) and 10gb limit for files is somewhat of a deal breaker for me. I’ve been interested in Proton Drive for a while, but until their mac app is ready it’s unusable for me.

I’ve also tried self-hosting a nextcloud instance (multiple times) but I’ve always just had too many issues with it. It’s been inconsistent in actually backing up files from my mac, I’ve had so many file conflicts, etc. I have a truenas scale server, so if there are other self-hosted methods I should try let me know.

Currently, I’m looking at filen and sync.com, but I’ve heard both have their issues so I’m curious to hear everyones thoughts on them as well.

Thanks!

  • bobbytables@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nextcloud with Hetzner your-storageshare. ~5€/m for 1TB is hard to beat and it runs so well. I still use encryption and a few plugins like on a selfhosted instance.

    • goodhunter@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is a great option, I have used it too in the past. Since, I have switched to iCloud when they implemented e2e encryption. Seems no one else here goes that route, trust issues maybe.

      I do miss versioning with iCloud.

      I have proton drive too, waiting on that osx client.

      • bobbytables@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        ICloud with e2e could be nice. But having a mix of Linux and Windows laptops in the household it is just not possible. There simply is no Linux client for it. And last time I checked the Windows client didn’t support e2e. So there goes that.

        And to be completely honest I really do have trust issues with Apple (and Big Tech in general).

      • bobbytables@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I only use the encrypted storage built in natively in Nextcloud. https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html but only for local storage.

        The e2ee was not very good the last time I checked. I should check out any new developments though.

        • hayhayOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’ve heard a lot of issues (from a few old reddit threads though) in regards to NC Encryption, specifically with data loss and file integrity. I don’t think I’m comfortable going that route, but if they’ve made improvements I might as well check it out

          Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Hetzner EU only? If I’m in the U.S., wouldn’t that make file syncs rather slow?

          • bobbytables@feddit.deEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I think they opened or are planning to open a US data center. Other than that they are in Germany and Norway at the moment.

            I’m in Germany, too, but I synced to it while being in the US, in Spain, and in Indonesia on vacation and I never had any problems with delays. And even if it was slow it was the hotel wifi 100% of the time. But using it full time from across the ocean ymmw.

            • hayhayOPEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Looks like they did open a US data center, but the storage shares are still Germany & Norway.

              I might still give it a shot, it’s not a large commitment so might be good to try.