If you use referral link you get 10gb more storage, filen is open source and should be more privacy oriented than your average cloud storage provider
Backend proprietary
I’d pass
your best bet is always to self host but for those of us who can’t do it this is ok alternative
I’d still preffer something with NextCloud or something more trusted like mega.nz
https://kirschsubstack.com/p/warning-mega-and-wasabi-can-screw plus there are some accusations or rumors that mega is related with kim dotcom and it seems very scammy, giving 50gb for “free”. Filen does technically give the same amount but u have to recruit more users with referral code so it makes sense from business standpoint.
I use mega (I pay for it), it’s great, their linux app is legitimately very good too and transfers shit at line speed.
I tend to not buy into “I dindu nothing and they deleted my account” type of claims because generally speaking, when someone cries wolf over that, they probably did something but just don’t personally consider it against the rules. That’s not really a big concern for me either as any cloud storage is a backup for your data, not the only location where that data exists. I’m more concerned about their ability to access and do shit with my data, and so far there’s nothing to suggest that it isn’t all encrypted.
Kim Dotcom was one of the founders, he was eventually bought out or something, whatever, I’m not sure why he’d be a concern either, it’s a bit the other way around, he was one of the draws.
actually mega makes regular warnings if u dont use their crappy/sketchy cloud service so if you dont opem it long time your files could be deleted, ok now i trust mega even less now that ik kim dotcom founded it, isn’t he sketchy hacker/scammer or have i misunderstood something?
Kim Dotcom was cool, he originally founded Megaupload which quickly became one of the biggest (if not the biggest) player in cloud storage at the time. The only downside is lots of people used it to transfer copyrighted shit and Megaupload mostly turned a blind eye to it.
The US actually got NZ to raid his fucking mansion with the swat team like he was some kind of drug kingpin or some shit, I mean the dude’s just a fat gamer nerd who used to be a hacker once upon a time lol.
Anyway after this whole saga and Megaupload being shut down, he founded Mega with some people in the idea of walking the strictly legal road with it. It worked really well, but they had some drama or some shit so he left.
That’s my short summary of it, the Internet knows more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom I’d not trust ex. criminal also there is more to it than just copyrighted content
The cheapest and easiest is to get a raspberry pi (or similar), slap an external USB drive to it to act as the storage medium, set up Syncthing between it and your computer and give it to a family member with fast internet.
It’s fast and secure, and outside of the initial hardware cost it’s incredibly cheap to run too since Pi’s sip power. It probably goes without saying that you should always use full disk encryption on both your main machine and the Pi, so if someone ever physically steals any of them, they’re not getting your data.
I have a nextcloud server on a separate computer. It’s easier to menage than Syncthing. It’s really useful along with all the other stuff I host.
I went the opposite way, had Nextcloud but I only really needed it for back-ups and it’s slow as shit and would time out transferring huge files (100+GB) no matter how many optimizations I tried.
Syncthing on the other hand will fire everything through at line rate, no problem. So I use Syncthing for everything now, even on my phone
Up until now I have not seen encountered any issues with the web client. Their mobile app is absolutely shit.
It’s also really useful for sharing files. From time to time I photograph my friends and sending the final result after esiting is extreamly easy
I have to say, sharing files or having your files “with you” was one of the really nice parts about it.
umm… why would mega be trustworthy? i think they r very sus
Last time I used them (2-3y ago) they were trustworthy. Looks like things have changed
I still use them and have no complaints
That’s what’s up thank you!
I just looked up and the prices are cheap too 4e per month for 500gb
Dang son! Hell yea 🙌
