The way how data is handled is more of a question than where it goes
Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
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Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because you can self-host it all and validate the source yourself!
How can I practically verify 2TB of a life's worth of files while guaranteeing I won't have data loss due to some edge cases and race conditions that delete my data. Every time I've created my own backup script I realized knowing what to delete and when is not easy. IMO the practical solution to this is to just pay for more storage (within reason).
Look at it this way; all those reel to reels of grandpas and VHS tapes of dads are in the trash now.
They too thought they were storing important history. Only for their heirs to bin their stuff in order to focus on their lives.
Be less needy. No one cares anyway.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#153Funny I kept getting this "you are using 98% of your storage space" message with my 15GB so I'd be finding/deleting old attachments then eventually I was like fine I'll pay, it's like 48 cents a month or something
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can I practically verify 2TB of a life's worth of files while guaranteeing I won't have data loss due to some edge cases and race conditions that delete my data. Every time I've created my own backup script I realized knowing what to delete and when is not easy. IMO the practical solution to this is to just pay for more storage (within reason).
Look at it this way; all those reel to reels of grandpas and VHS tapes of dads are in the trash now. They too thought they were storing important history. Only for their heirs to bin their stuff in order to focus on their lives. Be less needy. No one cares anyway.
I'll never forget when my Grandpa died 20 years ago, the first thing my dad did - even before telling us - was look for photos. His siblings did the same and they came up with a collage of around 30 photos I had never seen before that gave me a small glimpse of the highlights of his life.
My other grandpa, controversially used a big chunk of their wedding money on a good camera. They traveled the world and lived abroad for several years right before and after my mom and aunt were born. Because of this, we are all able to see such a fascinating and meticulous glimpse into their lives. Each photo tells a story even if the story is boring, but I really appreciated the small details. Even random pictures of cars that my Grandpa thought were cool. Or the mean guard dog they had in Taiwan while it was still a puppy. Or my mom on the Trans Siberian Railroad in the middle of the Cold War.
These stories and my own appreciation of photography have made me realize how valuable every photo I have is, and I'm willing to put in effort to save them. When I'm old and dying of dementia, I'll be able to look back at my life in incredible detail one last time. Even the dumb meme's I decided to save will tell a story.
I still have a deep appreciation for living in the moment and knowing not everything should be captured, but we live in an era where I have a really good camera in my pocket at all times, and the ability to store all those photos forever cheaply.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#155Neat! Pricing wise it might not always make sense though to use the commercial blob storages, especially for solo usage. 1 TB is roughly 20-30 USD per month at AWS/GCP only in storage, plus traffic and operations. R2 is slightly cheaper and includes traffic. Compared to e.g a Google AI plan where you get 5 TB storage for the same price (25 USD/month) + Gemini Pro thrown in.
A family member has uploaded a backup of all of the family photos to Amazon Glacial Storage, on the order of a few hundred GB, and gleefully sends me screenshots of the <$1/mo charges.
AWS Glacier is cold storage, for things like legally mandated retention that you never need to access, or for humans, say digitizing your grandma's 35mm slides. It's not the same use-case as typical file backup, with performance that's probably not acceptable if you want a file (or even a listing) . Good rule of thumb: Glacier is for things that you might need but ideally will never access again.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can I practically verify 2TB of a life's worth of files while guaranteeing I won't have data loss due to some edge cases and race conditions that delete my data. Every time I've created my own backup script I realized knowing what to delete and when is not easy. IMO the practical solution to this is to just pay for more storage (within reason).
How can you guarantee you'll have access to your 2TB Google Drive when they ban your Google account for breaching terms or accidentally tripping a circuit breaker across one of their offerings? Yup, pay more but get 2 providers.
A backup is not something I fear of losing access to because by definition it’s a copy.
However I am more afraid of my data being exfiltrated and imo there is a more risk of that with a “vibe coded 1 person 1 week old” app rather than any of the major providers.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#157Why wouldn't I trust a vibe coded app that has existed for 1 week with all my important data?
SpaceDrive might offer a more comprehensive and better-maintained version of this, though it is not primarily advertised for this kind of use.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#158Stop paying for banks, AI built this cardboard box that you can store in your toolshed instead!
Can I have a link to the cardboard box .pdf template please?
There, designed especially for you. Don't thank me, I'm a cardboard security expert, can do that all day long.
https://fev.al/assets/2026/Carboard-bank-secure-box-template...
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