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Danny GarsideDoes anyone use a good <a href="https://social.coop/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> alternative for cloud back up? I've spent this morning going through <a href="https://openalternative.co/?alternative=dropbox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://openalternative.co/?alternative=dropbox</a> and they're all not great.Best options seem to be a paid Nextcloud host (e.g. I should go through the Nextcloud partners, <a href="https://nextcloud.com/partners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nextcloud.com/partners/</a> , but they all seem to be aiming at businesses who need file-sharing, collaborative editing, and I just need backup)I'm also trying <a href="https://mastodon.social/@peergos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@peergos</a> but immediately encountered a bug, so I'm not optimistic currently

FlorianThere's a growing movement on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedi</a> that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> alternatives like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>, alternatives to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#google</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> etc. For <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/screenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#screenReader</a> users, that might not be as simple as all that due to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfHosting</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a>

Space HoboEDIT: Please only respond if you have experience with a service that actually provides group management of a shared file collection. I am not looking for hosted backups, but live file collaboration and sharing.Dear <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/LazyWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LazyWeb</a>, I have a question about online storage services.I'm part of a volunteer organisation that has a lot of people of extremely wide and varied technical abilities. A couple decades ago, one of the dearly departed members set up a <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/DropBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DropBox</a> account for the group, and it has served them reasonably well over the years. But right now they're starting to feel like maybe it's a bit long in the tooth, and they aren't sure about paying for more storage if there are better choices.Two of us are absolutely GenX Linux nerds, who will mount whatever it is via `rclone` and move on, but some members are in their 30s and some in their 80s and we need something that works for everyone. Bonus if we can use a company that doesn't kill people or forests or oceans to make their service work, although I realise that's often a vain hope these days.Does anyone have good suggestions for a resilient file hosting/sharing service in 2025?

beSpacificYou can now connect your Box and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> accounts to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeepResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeepResearch</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> and pull data, which will be used by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> to conduct <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a>. Please do not do this - you will add to the unending pool of data being sucked out of creators and repurposed for profit - not your profit or benefit. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KM</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legalresearch</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/intellectualproperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellectualproperty</a> <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deep-research-can-now-pull-data-from-dropbox-and-box/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deep-research-can-now-pull-data-from-dropbox-and-box/</a>

KettwachslerSelbst wenn die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ePa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ePa</a> sicher wäre, ich möchte keine staatliche <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>. Und nichts anderes ist das, nur dass sich Unternehmen an den Patienten-Daten bedienen dürfen und sollen.

Charles ☭ says trans rightsI really only use <a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> out of habit and if they're moving to <a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> hostility, perhaps it's time to finally stop paying them rent.(My desktop manager does not require an "upgrade" to support gui bullshit. If I wanted to spend more processor cycles on stupid graphics, I would have already done so.)<a href="https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux#Supported-desktop-environments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux#Supported-desktop-environments</a>

utzer [Pleroma]<a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.utzer.de/tag/nextcloud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nextcloud</a> hat immer noch kein Deltasync, es synchronisiert also bei Änderung eines kleinen Teils einer Datei immer die gesamte Datei, dass ist in vielen Fällen ungünstig. <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.utzer.de/tag/dropbox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> hatte das schon vor mehr als 15 Jahren. <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.utzer.de/tag/syncthing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syncthing</a> kann das auch.

Kevin Edward ProulxJust cancelled my <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> plan & deleted my account. USA based data storage cannot be trusted anymore under fascist Trump regime. Migrated business to Canadian company, with servers located here in Toronto. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElbowsUp</a> 🇨🇦. Sync has my support now.<a href="https://www.sync.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sync.ca</a>

Peter ChristensenWell, folks, I just cancelled <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> & signed up for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sync</a>. Unfortunately (or fortunately), my Dropbox plan only just renewed, so I'll have both for almost a year. I plan to gradually copy stuff over to Sync in the coming months and see how it goes The Sync plans are MUCH less expensive, so if you're looking for a Canadian sync and file sharing service, it might be worth checking out.Of course (to mis-use an idiom) the proof will be in the pudding.

Thomas Neubauer<a href="https://graz.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> Konto erfolgreich gelöscht.Das war meine erste Cloud und ich hatte viele sehr alte Dokumente, Bilder usw dort drinnen. Das war auch eine gute Gelegenheit alte "Datei-Leichen" durchzugehen. Vieles hatte ich nämlich bereits vergessen, das meiste konnte aber eh weg - manches hab ich aber auch gern ins neue Zuhause rüberkopiert.Als Löschgrund hab ich übrigens <a href="https://graz.social/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuyFromEU</a> angegeben.

Peter ChristensenDo I have any friends on here using Sync (i.e., sync.com, the Canadian Dropbox alternative) who can tell me about how well it works? In any case, I think I’ll sign up for a free plan and see how it goes. I’d love to get off <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>.

cuNhaDon't know where to host your files in Europe? You can create an account at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pCloud</a> (located in Switzerland) and benefit from up to 10 GB and more of a service that promises. If you create it from the link below, you'll be helping me by adding 1 GB to my account and then you can do the same for yourself.Apps are offered for Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS and Android. <a href="https://e.pcloud.com/#page=register&invite=0xcjZTnIwFX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://e.pcloud.com/#page=register&invite=0xcjZTnIwFX</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/buyeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyeuropean</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeGoogle</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FileHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FileHosting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eualternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eualternative</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europeanalternatives</a>

Emelia 👸🏻Number of screens to jump through to cancel a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> plan? something like 4, good gosh. dark patterns galore.

Eivind A. JohansenMigrating data from US to Europe. Bye then <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>, hello <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pCloud</a> 👋

Peter ChristensenI plan on retiring in a few years, and, I gotta say, one of the things I'm most looking forward to is uninstalling effing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MSWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSWord</a>, effing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>, and any number of increasingly enshittified pieces of software on my computer. Ugh.

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦Many thanks to all those of you who replied to my question about Dropbox alternatives recently.Many of you suggested Nextcloud, and having played around with it for a bit, I think it will do nicely.So I am now embarking on the surprisingly complex project of moving everything I had in Dropbox to Nextcloud.Thanks also to whoever it was who suggested Hetzner for hosting Nextcloud, which seems to work nicely.Reducing my dependence on US tech, one service at a time.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nextcloud</a>

Peter BloemNew laptop, time to ditch <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dropbox</a>, I think. Any pointers on what the least enshittified competitor is at the moment? Ideally with a reasonably functioning client. Is it <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NextCloud</a>? I've been hearing some grumbling about that recently...

Mike McCaffreyGood news stalkers and criminals! <a href="https://drupal.community/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> is discontinuing their Vault feature that provides an additional password to access sensitive files, so in exactly one week all of people's nudes and financial documents are going to be dumped into a regular unlocked dropbox folder, for anyone with access to their computer to view and copy!<a href="https://help.dropbox.com/security/dropbox-vault" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://help.dropbox.com/security/dropbox-vault</a>

Linux Is BestMy list of digital service providers, outside US-jurisdiction, now includes a new category, "File Hosting". This category is to replace providers such as, Drop Box or Google Drive, for example. <a href="https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction</a> <a href="https://misskey.de/tags/DropBox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DropBox</a> <a href="https://misskey.de/tags/GoogleDrive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoogleDrive</a>

Pierre REYNAUDBon je continue à chercher une alternative à <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> accessible avec mes lecteurs d’écran <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/voiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voiceOver</a> et <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NVDA</a> c’est long et pas simple. <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/PCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCloud</a> pas accessible, je n’arrive même pas à leur envoyer un message depuis leurs formulaire de contact. Je regarde toujours vers la Suisse avec <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Infomaniak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infomaniak</a> si quelqu’un l’utilise avec un lecteur d’écran. Je suis preneur de vos retours.

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