Ok, I'll see it later but please use the 'Release' feature of GitHub. It is the easiest way to tell for your customers that a new release is out. Even GH can send notifications. Thanks.
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
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Syncthing? I'm taking 'offline' to mean 'not requiring the internet', which means you can have plenty of computers!
Samba share? Old technology still works, even if it is old!
Samba, rsync, sshfs, even fusefs... but there's seemingly nothing that can keep your files yours across your own devices without extensive hacking/setup, suspicious EULAs, MitMs, etc. We can build it, but normies can't
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#123I already do this with next cloud and s3, I've never once had an issue in many years
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#124The selling point of Dropbox/Google Drive isn't the storage itself, but that there's app for mobile and desktop operating systems which deeply integrates it in the OS so it's just like a local folder that's magically synced. So it's a cool project, but not really what I'd say is a Dropbox replacement.
Yeah but it seems like that can also be replicated with modest effort.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#125Why wouldn't I trust a vibe coded app that has existed for 1 week with all my important data?
Because you can self-host it all and validate the source yourself!
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#126The selling point of Dropbox/Google Drive isn't the storage itself, but that there's app for mobile and desktop operating systems which deeply integrates it in the OS so it's just like a local folder that's magically synced. So it's a cool project, but not really what I'd say is a Dropbox replacement.
Yeah but it seems like that can also be replicated with modest effort.
That's a very typical HN/developer response that often underestimates the effort and the interest people have into a self-rolled solution outside of tech / self-hosting circles. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674176)
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#127Feels like this is missing some of the key points of using generic bucket storage for me:
1. Archive pricing for really large old documents.
2. Cross-provider backups; especially for critical documents.
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#128Why would I use S3 when S3 is super expensive compared to all other cloud storages?
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every so often someone is like, Dropbox isn’t that hard. Look at this amazing ZFS/whatever! So simple. Yeah, I keep paying Dropbox every year so I don’t have to think about it. I shoot a sync off to backblaze every once in a while.
I dislike Dropbox for reasons that aren't technical, but the big thing for me is that I want either E2EE, or control/ownership of where my data is stored. These are my personal files (no, not that kind of personal), I'm not just going to scatter them on the internet. My solution so far has been NextCloud, but I'm getting pretty fed up with it. But not enough to actually do anything about it... yet.
I do agree with you at a philosophical level. I have worked in infosec long enough to know. I am pretty careful with what I upload. It’s just hard. Every little home hosted thing. They eat your time. Take effort. Even the “easiest” solutions have a real human cost if you are hosting it yourself.
My solution is… I have no fucks left to give about it. I haven’t for a long time. It works. My family will have all our photos and valuable sentimental data preserved. I keep a local backup. I spend my time on other stuff more valuable to me. If dropbox and backblaze disappear tomorrow oh well. If all my data is leaked? Knock yourself out. All the good stuff is in encrypted volumes.
My data has been breached 12 times by my count. /Twice/ by the OPM itself as I had a security clearance. DOGE goons have all our data and walked out with USB drives with all of it.
Equifax and credit agencies are a joke. My threat model is simple, nothing you can blackmail me with goes to the cloud. And that’s that. Breach me, try to hack my finances, try to steal my crypto. I have had my SIM transferred and someone unsuccessfully attacked my crypto accounts with it.
Good luck to everyone with my data :)
Re: Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
#130https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47676174
Dropbox is a lot more than file storage. The syncing itself has been through serious tests to characterise its behaviour. Sure, some may not like the decisions taken to direct its sync behaviour one way or another but at least all these are known through formal testing.