But as our lives have migrated online, it has raisedmany privacy concerns.
Image Sharing
Why Consider It?
Selecting your own image gallery can ensure only the people you want to can see your images.
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Sharing self-hosted galleries means no one will even know where to get them unless you tell them where.
You also won’t need to deal with your images being used to help serve up ads.
However, you won’t necessarily save any money since Instagram and Pinterest are both free.
What does it replace?
How much could you save?
Software Examples:
File Storage/Synchronization
This one is all about storage.
You also have the benefit of knowing there’s notsome bored admin rooting around in your stuff.
It takes a measure of dedication to double-check you’re getting the most out of your subscription.
And you’ll obviously be behind the current season if you’re getting your content honestly.
Streaming services typically run between $10 and $15 a month.
(I have four: Hulu, Netflix, HBO Now, and Amazon Prime.
Actually, five if you count the Showtime addon to Hulu.)
News Feeds
Everyone loved Google Reader.
Those arestillavailable for free, but since then users have come to expect some added functionality.
And these “advanced” features usually come with a price.
What does it Replace?
Notes
Note-taking is a very personal activity.
You want totake notes quicklyand fit it around your thought process.
Leading solutions may be too full of features (e.g.
The security benefit also applies to note apps.
For example, you may want to use it to keep passwords.
Whilededicated password apps existfor this, they may be overkill for just a few usernames and passwords.
Just verify you have a wayto keep these encryptedin the event you lose your machine.
Making an alternative available by self-hosting shares some of that complexity.
Thankfully the work of organizations like the Open Document Foundation and Collabora have started to package these up nicely.
But you will have to be a little more hands-on to get it up and running.
The other options below aside from Office 365, are less feature-rich than either MS Office or LibreOffice.
For stalwart open source proponents, these will also provide better support for the ODF formats.
Furthermore, these applications commonly support them through import/export, rather than working with them natively.
But, if you want to host all the above with a minimum of fuss, considerOwnCloud.
Do note that NextCloud will also provide many (if not all) of the same capabilities.
