The one thing really keeping me from getting off Google is YouTube. For everything else there are good alternatives. But YouTube really is the only viable player in the online video game.
Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google
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#42I had a few instances of OwnCloud and various NAS setups over the years. Then I had a kid and dumped everything into iCloud when I realized I’d no longer have time to keep it all secure/patched. Time cost of these setups is real.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oracle Cloud has the best Compute/VM Always Free Tier around (2x 1G RAM/50G VMs), which is likely sufficient for a small matrix/synapse server, so realistically you could do it for zero. I don’t know how much network transfer is included in their free tier, however (I’ve looked but never seen it clearly stated anywhere).
thank you so much for this, didnt know they had such a gracious free tier. The only thing I saw was "Outbound Data Transfer: 10 TB per month." but you are absolutely right, it isn't spelt out directly.
Also they have Oracle Linux 8 as an OS option for free tier, so you’re covered if you prefer the EL ecosystem (eg given the current CentOS situation).
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#44The one thing really keeping me from getting off Google is YouTube. For everything else there are good alternatives. But YouTube really is the only viable player in the online video game.
I created a dedicated throwaway gmail account just for YouTube premium, it was the last/only service on Google I was still using. It seems they've killed off all of the working public invidious instances.
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#45The one thing really keeping me from getting off Google is YouTube. For everything else there are good alternatives. But YouTube really is the only viable player in the online video game.
I am still looking for a decent Google Maps alternative. And not about navigation, I never use that, what I care about it's reviews. TripAdvisor is okish when it comes to restaurants but Google just have the advantage of having review for ANYTHING. Still haven't found a competitor that does anything close to that.
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#46I'm glad some of yall are mentioning cost. These articles while awesome usually don't mention the cost to operate and support such endeavors. I would like to host my own Matrix instance, but I have no idea what the cost would be monthly.
Oracle Cloud has the best Compute/VM Always Free Tier around (2x 1G RAM/50G VMs), which is likely sufficient for a small matrix/synapse server, so realistically you could do it for zero. I don’t know how much network transfer is included in their free tier, however (I’ve looked but never seen it clearly stated anywhere).
So, what, Google is bad now, and Oracle good? Funny world.
Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google
#47I had a few instances of OwnCloud and various NAS setups over the years. Then I had a kid and dumped everything into iCloud when I realized I’d no longer have time to keep it all secure/patched. Time cost of these setups is real.
Yeah I'm a little worried about the maintenance burden, tbh. I'm not actually a linux/sysadmin type person, but I was pretty keen to achieve my goal of being Google free by 2021 (which I'm happy to announce with this migration that I did :), though I still watch youtube anonymously sometimes). But I'm not sure it'll be the most ideal solution for the long term. I'll see what the maintenance burden actually is like through next year. Some folks have suggested looking at the docker installation options (as opposed to the snap package, which I use here), since it's apparently really easy to maintain. We'll see.
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#48The one thing really keeping me from getting off Google is YouTube. For everything else there are good alternatives. But YouTube really is the only viable player in the online video game.
I am still looking for a decent Google Maps alternative. And not about navigation, I never use that, what I care about it's reviews. TripAdvisor is okish when it comes to restaurants but Google just have the advantage of having review for ANYTHING. Still haven't found a competitor that does anything close to that.
I'm always surprised at the lack of content on OpenStreetMaps, 99 times out of 100 when you click a point of interest there are no photos, reviews, or even a basic description
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#50Has anyone setup/used multi user calendaring and contacts on NextCloud? Currently considering this vs. a few standalone docker instances for calendars/contacts for one of my downtime projects over the next few weeks...
Yes, it works well. I moved all my contacts and calendaring from Gmail to a self-hosted Nextcloud instance about two years ago. My wife and I have a calendars in common, both of which are set up as the default calendars on our mobile devices. We recently discussed having a shared address book too. Shouldn't be any trouble to set up. One of us will own it, farm out r/w access to the other, and we'll transfer contacts we ought to have in common piecemeal. CalDAV and CardDAV.
In general, Nextcloud has been transformative in allowing us to move off Google products. All our music and photos are on Nextcloud too.