This is absolutely correct. The process to fully make this sort of transition is arduous and must be fought in small battles. When I decided I wanted to pursue this protest, I bought a NAS, and completely separate phone from my daily driver to prepare my alternatives. Over time, the convenience of using self-hosted/FOSS vs Google became imperceptible, and soon I was ready to make the full leap to my new phone. That was an incredible moment. I believe that if we share our experiences and knowledge along this journey, we'll instill confidence into others and inspire them to join us
IntenseCalm
joined 1 year ago
The biggest factor that decided which one for me all fell down to the mobile experience. I take all my photos on my phone, and I want a solution that will auto upload and allow me to browse them like Google Photos. Immich does a fantastic job with this. I haven't found a better solution than it yet
Privacy was the reason it started, but I was also constantly bothered by the growing annual profits they earned from people basically giving away access to their information and livelihoods for free. I realized how valuable our information is, and the only way to break this deepening centralization and control of it, was to take it all back. Self-hosting and supporting FOSS are my methods to regain control in this war. It has become a sort of holy war for me at this point. Lol
Anything you can play with VLC is able to cast. If you use a client like NewPipe for YouTube, you can set it up to play videos externally with VLC