In the last week:

I started using Syncthing. I was using cloud storage as a way of copying files from one device to another. Syncthing is so much better.

I signed up with Mullvad VPN yesterday.

Deleted my Surfshark account today which I signed up with over two years ago when I didn’t care about privacy.

Finally convinced my sister to start using Signal.

Started self hosting invidious and libreddit alongside the libredirect extension.

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@FermatsLastAccount @BigTechBlows did you use a cloud provider? or is everything on-site?

I personally have everything in a cloud VPS. Used to have a home server, but ended up switching.

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@FermatsLastAccount @BigTechBlows what cloud vps do you have? If you don’t mind me asking.

I’m asking cuz I’ve been thinking on self-hosting something for me and a couple of people close to me. There’s so many VPS providers that it’s hard to choose, especially when there are some expensive than others.

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I’m using Oracle’s Free Tier solely for the fact that it’s free and it has amazing performance. 4 ARM cores, 24 GB of RAM, and 200 GB of storage for free. I think they also have a free AMD VPS if ARM doesn’t work for you, but it’s like only 1 core, 1 GB of RAM.

If you’re willing to pay, I’d probably go with Hetzner.

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