Ive been wanting something to fill this void for ages. What I’ve discovered is you either have to selfhost something then maintain andteach your family how to use it or trade some privacy to a tech company.

There are smaller solutions such as Tiny Bean but nothing that is end to end encrypted nor easily exportable.

Use Progressive Web Apps instead of downloading apps. Limits information leaked about you. Also has the added benefit of making a terrible experience for apps like instagram. Hard to doom scroll when the PWA constantly messes up and you have to reload.

Not all heroes wear capes.

I wish there were more rules about stating the topic of the article instead of headlines written to entice clicks

Nice. Thank you

I want to know the name of this meme template

Everyone else mentioned most of what I would suggest.

One is missing for your original problem. Localsend. Think airdrop but cross platform. Super useful if you have a mix of devices (iOS, android, windows, etc…)

I keep it holy with Emacs

I can second this. Photosync works very well. Although i had to use an external library on immich so that photosync can directly send files to that folder.

Haha yes. Well perhaps stock up before the ban goes into effect?

I second mikrotik. I was an OpenWRT guy and still have some access points using OpenWRT but mikrotik routers are just so slick and easy to use and maintain. I would recommend also

Retirement? You mean working till i keel over?

How was the beer?