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Comment by dwedge

4 days ago

Not trying to be snarky but what is offline dropbox more than a directory?

Syncthing? I'm taking 'offline' to mean 'not requiring the internet', which means you can have plenty of computers!

  • I use seafile for this. Some people dislike that it has proprietary storage but you can backup from a fuse mount

  • Samba share?

    Old technology still works, even if it is old!

    • Works so great on new devices like smartphones. Except not.

      And so easy to set up on a home computer. Except it's not always on and doesn't come with backups.

      I'm not saying S3 is where it's at but might need a bit more than just Samba. Or maybe you don't but people who need Dropbox do.

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    • Samba, rsync, sshfs, even fusefs... but there's seemingly nothing that can keep your files yours across your own devices without extensive hacking/setup, suspicious EULAs, MitMs, etc. We can build it, but normies can't