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Ente encrypted open source alternativ to Google Photos. Can be self hosted and supports S3 backend (ente.io)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by victor9@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Been trying it for a little while. It's exactly what I have been looking for.

Works great
is encrypted
can be self hosted
edge ML for photo search (not perfect yet)
S3 backend #ente @ente@mstdn.social

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[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Not to mention that self-hosting/federation comes with a million small headaches.

If the devs are paid, do you want to pay them to work on the project or work on maintaining a contact infrastructure?

If they aren't paid, do you want them using what little free time they have working on the app or working on maintaining a communications network?

If it's someone else's forum/matrix/chat server, are you okay with 1. a third party having access to your communications and 2. being able to force a comms blackout for any reason whatsoever?

Or would you rather they use their time and money focusing on finding a provider who meets every need of the project AND every user?

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

These do not meet the philosophical or privacy needs of users. Look at how the Switch emulator situation was handled where one megacorporation told another megacorporation to shutdown their communications & they did. Look at how US sanctions prevent users form touching these platforms. Look at how the feds & advertizers use all the collected data.