Show HN: Duple – Private cloud at home

I see "smart TV" as a host option, does that mean the storage devices can use unaware USB hosts to be a communication mechanism?

Interesting idea, I'll have to try it @home. Whitepaper on how the tech works would be nice.

"The beta version of Duple is now available. You can download it and use it for free. However if you’d like to participate in the Duple beta program, and get a lifetime discount as a reward, click here."

But I don't understand what we are paying for going forward. Presumably you pay for the software once. Is there a recurring charge of some sort? What for? If the software is on premise, you can't really turn it off or stop it from working.

Does duple, the company, ever touch the data?

If privacy is the killer feature, it seems that an open source version will ultimately displace this.

It's an easier to install and use Nextcloud alternative, with open source components (to be released in the future) but closed source core.

However it might be reusable with an alternate core:

> Q: Do you plan to open-source it later? A: We'll open source everything (server, interface, etc...), except from the C Library. Reason being that the library is what gives us our technical competitive advantage (being that you get the full private cloud experience with no need for a server). It's also important to note that you can't patent your code/algorithm in Europe, so there's no other way to protect it. But everything else expect from the library will be open-source.