tallship<p><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://liberdon.com/@marathon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marathon</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://liberdon.com/@begsby" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@begsby</a></span></p><p>Okay sounds great. If cloud storage is the biggest deal, then you should be able to find a $5 or $10 <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/vps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VPS</a> in the country of your choice that will certainly be performance enough. A few bucks more for a decent amount of storage:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nextcloud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/nextcloud</a></p><p>If you need more than that, and you're self-hosting NextCloud, then <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/wasabi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wasabi</a> can extend your NextCloud space with <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/s3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#S3</a> compatible storage buckets that you can literally just plug into your <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/nextcloud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NextCloud</a> server for dirt cheap terabytes:</p><p><a href="https://wasabi.com/#free-trial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wasabi.com/#free-trial</a></p><p>This is also an excellent solution for your on demand videos (VoD) that you self-hosted on your own <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/peertube" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeerTube</a> instance (You can run that PeerTube server on the same VPS as your NextCloud insurance too) 🤠.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/degoogling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Degoogling</a>.... Awesome 👍</p><p>There's several major choices and even more services that offer solutions. Some turnkey.</p><p>My two favs are <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/graphineos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GraphineOS</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/calyxos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalyxOS</a>. I don't tend to pay too much attention to the rivalry and apparent enmity between these two camps, because they're both trying to support the same thing with respect to <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/freedoms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedoms</a>, so if you already have a <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/pixel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pixel</a> I think I'd recommend:</p><p><a href="https://grapheneos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://grapheneos.org/</a> and there's literally boatloads of videos at your disposal for the DIY. I will say, that although it's quite marginal, my experience has been that this is slightly faster (responsive), but the last time I benchmarked was on a Pixel 3XL that I still enjoy as one of my daily drivers.</p><p>The <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/calyx_institute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calyx_Institute</a> is a well known long-time champion of freedom and protections from <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/industrial_surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrial_surveillance</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/dystopia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> and I do recommend that folks use the "MiFi" membership service. Here's a little known privacy fact <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/protip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProTip</a> - <strong>their mobile service anonymizes you - your name appears nowhere in the 5G cellular service plan with the carrier</strong>, so you're only one of thousands of 5G devices that's identified by only, <em><strong>"Calyx Institute"</strong></em>.</p><p>It's pretty much the cheapest plan available anywhere too, and gets even cheaper the second year:</p><p><a href="https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet</a></p><p>You can also purchase a brand new degoogled phone at a great price too with CalyxOS preinstalled:</p><p><a href="https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/calyxos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/calyxos</a> - this is my personal fav, but like I said, GraphineOS and CalyxOS are both phenomenal and GraphineOS is prolly a bit more anal where you're privacy is concerned.</p><p>And there's also <a href="https://Brax.me" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://Brax.me</a> - Rob Braxman, he sells degoogled phones and is a great resource for privacy education, but I think I'd opt for one of the previously mentioned <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/roms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ROMs</a> to flash my <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a>.</p><p>If you get some time, you might be interested in reading up a bit on Nick Merrill - imagine being in the position of not even being able to attend your own court hearings because that would be a felony❕❕❕ Your attorney can go and represent you, but you cannot. You cannot even tell your own wife ❕❕</p><p>He was the first man to fight the injustice of an NSL and to my understanding, to date being the only successful person to do so, which is the only reason we are aware of it today.</p><p>It's a very scary thing and he has blogged about his fight and dilemma extensively. It's worth a deep dive and will reinforce why you are doing the right thing by eschewing Google services.</p><p><a href="https://calyxinstitute.org/about" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calyxinstitute.org/about</a></p><p>I hope that helps!</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/tallship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tallship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fOSS</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a></p><p>⛵</p><p>.</p>