Congrats dude! ๐ ๐ I'm replacing all their service a bit at the time, is nice to see people able to completely switch off.
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Congratulations! And thank you.
Great step
Has anyone figured out how to transfer a Gmail account's Android app purchases to a new Google account that uses a non Gmail email address? This is the only reason I still keep my Gmail, having moved to proton 4 years ago.
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Is there a viable Photos alternative? I was thinking of setting up a NAS on my RPi but it would need to be for other family members too.
I use immich personally, super easy to use and very fast, even on the shitty old laptop I use.
Edit: the shitty old laptop is hosting the server
Ente it you're looking for a paid service. (For me, photos are too important to self-host.) They're end-to-end encrypted and both server and clients are open source.
too important to self-host
For me it's the other way round. My photos are too important to trust any corporation - no matter how trustworthy they say they are.
Do you do any hosting on the cloud? Thinking of cases like a fire or flood or something
No I follow the 3-2-1 rule which states that you should have 3 copies in 2 locations where 1 of them is remote.
In my case, the remote part is two external SSDs where I leave one with my parents and the other one plugged into my NAS which does automatic daily backups. When my parents come I swap them around.
TIL, thanks!
I second Ente, absolutely awesome products and great Devs always listening to feedback from community. Unlike other services and products, absolutely everything is open source to ๐
Another vote for Immich. It's a really nice experience on both the web and app.
The Proton Drive app can automatically sync pictures from your phone. The Proton ecosystem as a whole is a good alternative to Google's.
On that note tho, I kinda hate how this is only offered for photos. Why can't I sync any folder I want?
Next cloud all the way. I run it in my garage and I grab the free Android app from fdroid
@mjq07
https://stingle.org, https://piwigo.org, and https://immich.app might be worth a look.
I used NextCloud, myself.
@Blisterexe @degoogle
I recommend Immich
Nice. What services did you use to replace?
Must do the same soon
BTW How do you keep on syncing your calendars and stuff?
A Linux Wizard does not require a calendar. They simply arrive exactly when they are supposed to.
lol . I'm just a baby tux apprentice ...
I use my self-hosted Nextcloud instance for this. Then sync to mobile using DAVx5. Calendar and contacts.
i think is the best way possible. does it have any charge?
It is all free to use, but you will likely have some expenses with the self-hosting. If you do it yourself at home, you require hardware and power to run it on, and you would be well off having some additional backup solution off-site as well that would add to the cost. If you host on a VPS (like I do), you have the running costs of renting that server space.
I self host with Baikal. On android, you need Davx5 (on fdroid) to tie it into the OS but on your desktop (windows and Linux at least) calDAV will just be an option. Baikal supports CardDAV for contacts as well if you're into that.
Idk I don't have a calendar, but I hear nextcloud is great for that
I use nextcloud for all these google things.
Currently using murena.io as provider
Proton Calendar works great for me.