I use Jami for video chat

Not wanting to use apps that are profiling you and your devices isn’t a high level of privacy or being extreme though. It’s just being a normal person.

I bought the Mini S with a Celeron N5095 and 128GB SSD for 150€. At the time it was cheaper than a Pi4, while having better performance.

I can recommend Beelink products. Good performance for the price and behaves well with Linux.

I would think that would be the bare minimum for a privacy focused provider. Like I said, you have to take care of file encryption yourself (with something like VeraCrypt). Their tool doesn’t help you with that.

I’m a customer with them and didn’t have any issues for now. It’s however relevant to note, that there is no sftp option or the like. So rsync automation doesn’t really work. They do have an app to sync folders but it’s barebones and you have to take care of file encryption yourself.

Is it a privacy issue tho? It’s dangerous to the freedom of the internet and an ethical dilemma. But how does it increase tracking potential?