Privacy on Lemmy
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    Privacy is tricky. I've seen complaints that anything you post stays forever. But honestly, is that what you consider private?

    Do you think it's more private to make and delete posts than to just use a VPN and an anonymous account? Having the ability to delete posts doesn't help your privacy at all. At least there's no advertisers being sold all our data.

    And the chat thing really needs fixed. But for quick one-off messages, it's fine. Maybe just too exchange secured accounts

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  • Good servers for self-hosting
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    My first server was a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. It was given to me for free from my job. It did great. Built in screen, mouse/keyboard, and a built in UPS. Eventually I upgraded my server, and my new one has none of those.

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  • Android Auto alternatives
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    If you decide to try one out, please respond here or make a post. I don't drive more than 2 or 3 times a month, but I really want something like this set up.

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  • Is streaming or having your own music library better?
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    https://github.com/Team-xManager/xManager/releases Free Spotify

    Mostly, I've downloaded all my music and stream through Navidrome. But I'll use above in a pinch.

    Personal library is 0 compromise, except for the convenience. There are plenty of songs in my library that aren't on Spotify or any other. All my music is FLAC. Uncensorable. I get star ratings and favorites.

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  • Do you use all your self hosted services? Are there any you found to be not worth it after installing?
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    I'm hosting Photoprism, now. But man, do I just barely use it. I'm not a photographer, and I always have the worst camera of anyone around me, so I'm never taking pictures. It's running, and I'm not taking it down. But it did teach me to use docker compose. I switched everything I had after that.

    Matrix was one that was hard to justify. It was just too heavy. My dream has always been "use one app for all communication". I bridged Signal, Discord, and Facebook. Problem number 1 was that SMS is like impossible to set up. Problem 2 no one uses Signal except me and my wife. Problem 3 was that my Facebook got flagged for suspicious activity, and they wanted my ID to recover it. I used this as a chance to ditch Facebook, but I also ditched Matrix at this time. Signal supports SMS, so I could do more with it than Matrix. I'll probably try again down the line.

    My most used service is definitely my music service, Navidrome. You might try it, it's very light. I used to keep all my files on my phone like you. And my phone had an SD slot, so storage wasn't an issue. But I couldn't listen from any of my computers, or at work. After I made the switch, I painstakingly re-'aquired' all of my music in FLAC, and have my phone set with a size limit of music to cache, as well as always downloading my favorites.

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  • The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)
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    As I understand, most iphone users do have issues. I remember hearing that people with Androids in their selfies are measurably less likely to match on Tinder

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  • What are YOU self-hosting?
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    I started with Photoprism, and once I got a workflow I liked, it's been hard to try anything new.

    I synching my camera folder into a temp folder. I already run synching for my passwords and stuff, so getting the immich app would be a another app that's always running.

    When immich adds file directory watching, I'll probably try it again

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  • Not the first time, either.

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    Nothing to complicated. I need some cat subs and some tech subs. But I'm open for anything

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    Is Apple going to make a Mastodon server? I think that'd be pretty cool. In Apple fashion, it would require an app only available on iPhone and Mac, and this app wouldn't be able to connect to third party instances. But it would move like half the US to Mastodon, which would be great.

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    They aren't the most controversy-free group, but there's a lot of value in their existence, especially for people newly working toward privacy. It's also nice to see more groups acknowledging Lemmy

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    r/stillfreedeezerarl is dying slowly. Now I need a new source.

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    I'm hosting and running a Lemmy just for myself, and am having no problem with it. Lemmy is great. But I'm looking to branch out, and see what else exists out there.

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    My wife is paying for audible. I want to be able to share the books she's bought. She generally only buys books we can't otherwise fine, so this may be valuable.

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    Gluetun using ProtonVPN docker, with the following apps running through: Qbittorrent Sonarr/Radarr/Readarr/Prowlarr Jellyseerr Deemix - though I'm having trouble finding good arls lately Slskd Requester - linked to discord

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