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Trying to get off dropbox. 1) Anyone try Backblaze for photo backups? Is it worth trying? 2) Why is immich photo and video only? 3) Why docker? I miss the days of just files and scripts on any host.
Ahh yes, the ol. piping code from the internet into a root shell
I really like Seafile for this functionality. I host my own server using podman to run their docker container and it works super well. Their app has the ability to back up any photos/videos taken on your phone, in addition to other things it can do. Highly recommend!
Just curious, when people say selfhosted does it imply they control the hardware at their home? Or does buying a VM from an operator count as self hosting?
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Photoprism had the critical flaw of being single user last time I tried it, making it neat but a complete non starter for someone with a family larger than 1.
Is there anyone in your family that you really want to have access to all your photos? Not even referring to just NSFW stuff. If your answer is "as the admin I'm the only one that can access everything" then consider the question from your family's POV. Not trying to discount your point only pointing out that single user and e2ee implementations have some value.
I prefer SyncThing on both mobile and desktop devices. It's open source and mature, the server only makes devices findable between each other. It allows 1 or 2 way sync. And it has advanced settings for keeping removed files (e.g. trashbin that cleans anything older than X days.)
How to backup iCloud photos? I have an iPhone and Windows as desktop.
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Honestly I think Apple has a good model for this. The value would be in making the box plug-and-play. Apple has proven people will pay a premium for devices that Just Work. It could still be built on open software. Some kind of a cross between Apple’s opinionated approach to defaults and RedHat’s pay-for-support model of developing open source software.
Y'all are literally unironically pitching The Box from the TV show Silicon Valley. What is the problem being solved here? Apple already offers a solution – iCloud. Why would they want to sell you a box for offline backups?
Apple doesn’t want to sell us a box. They want to sell us a subscription. My assertion is that Apple’s model of selling hardware would work for home servers.
I'm using Synology Photos, have no complaints. Its really a good starter when decoupling from google photos, removing all subscription and taking control of my own data with expandable raid storage
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I don't want to degoogle, but having all my photos hinging on a Google account that can more or less arbitrarily blocked by Google gives me anxiety. Google Takeout effectively destroys your data by stripping all metadata from the photos and putting them into a json file. I haven't found a good solution for regular backups of Photos, has anyone else?
Call me old fashioned, but I just don't feel confident in placing my valuable data only with a provider like Google. One day there will be an "Ooopsee, we found a bug in our hash function (refactored by summer intern) and um...data for 'a very small number' of users was backed up to the /dev/null shard..."
I prefer SyncThing on both mobile and desktop devices. It's open source and mature, the server only makes devices findable between each other. It allows 1 or 2 way sync. And it has advanced settings for keeping removed files (e.g. trashbin that cleans anything older than X days.)
Is it at all possible to backup my phone contacts on my phone using syncthing? Perhaps in conjunction with some other software.
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Why does it need to be a new separate physical device, instead of just software installed on an old phone or laptop?
Because nobody outside of HN is going to install software on an old phone or laptop. But they'll buy a $30 Box. By all means the software will be open-source (and mostly off-the-shelf if possible) so anyone can install it on whatever device they have, but the killer product will be the Box.
How do you figure?
Also you may be interested in checking out https://kubesail.com/homepage and https://privaterouter.com/
with termux on android and an openvpn tunnel to my own stuff, it's quite fast and effective to use rsync to mirror the entire contents of the DCIM folder and other folders where images are stored. I just have to remember to run the backup job periodically, which I could almost certainly automate if I really put more time into it. when I'm on the same LAN as my backup destination and on a 802.11ac 2x2 80 MHz channel A…