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  • atmur@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlIt is so convenient and free.
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    5 months ago

    Google -> DuckDuckGo, sometimes fall back to Startpage if DDG has bad results

    Discord -> I use Discord, but incredibly rarely. Haven’t bothered finding an alternative

    Windows -> Linux, obviously

    Whats App -> Signal

    iCloud -> Selfhosted storage + Proton Drive

    I don’t want anything like TikTok, Instagram, or the rest of them, so I don’t use those or their alternatives.

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  • atmur@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldSelf Hosting Fail
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    7 months ago

    I like to host as many services as possible and I’m fine with it being a second job at times since this is my main hobby, but I actually agree with you on your examples. The three things I won’t self-host are:

    1. Emails - I am not willing to put in the effort on this. Plus, my ISP blocks those ports so I’d already be into using a VPS even if I wanted to host this. I’d rather just pay someone else, like Proton.

    2. Password manager - I actually did self-host Bitwarden for a long time, but after thinking about it for a while, I decided to take the pay someone else approach here too. I’m pretty sure I’m doing everything correctly, but I’m not a security expert. I’d rather be 100% sure my passwords are in safe hands rather than be 95% sure that I’m doing everything right on this one.

    3. Lemmy - I’ve heard about (luckily never seen) CSAM attacks on Lemmy/Kbin and will not risk that kind of content being downloaded because I’m federated with an instance dealing with those attacks. I’m happy to throw a couple bucks at lemmy.world’s Patreon and let them handle that.