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[–] zekiz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You don't have to use their proprietary client to use their proprietary service. You can use a 3rd party client.

On my phone I use Solid Explorer as my file manager which also has cloud integration

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Even vanilla Gnome has a Google Drive client baked in lol

[–] D4gma@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

As you said, I use Mixplorer to access every cloud account I have. Really handy

[–] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nextcloud on a cheap storage VPS is the answer here. With integration in Dolphin file manager, the setup is complete.

[–] Cromutorium@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use nextcloud, except on a rented server with hetzner. If I need to store sensitive personal info I usually use an rclone crypt. It's been a rock solid setup for the past 10 months or so that I've had it

[–] animist@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud on my rasperry pi in my living room :)

[–] floppyslapper@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What counts as a cheap VPS these days?

[–] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Depends how frugal you want to be. If you really want to scrape the bottom of the barrel, perusing LowEndBox is a good start.

[–] ryuko@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're stuck with Google Drive, you could use something like Cryptomator to keep your files encrypted and unscannable by Google.

[–] tsugu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thankfully I have no need for cloud at all, but I agree that Cryptomator is a really good tool.

[–] reliving@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

Shoutout to rclone as well. Supports multiple file hosters and has an optional transparent encryption layer similar to Cryptomator. On Linux you can even mount your cloud folders using FUSE!

[–] anders@rytter.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@tsugu rent a cheap storage VPS on Contabo or Hostnoc and install Nextcloud or Seafile on it 👍

[–] anders@rytter.me 1 points 1 year ago

@tsugu you are then in control of your own data

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