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  • I rolled back the app to an older version before this was required and blocked it from network or updating. The only feature I use is the gps data over bluetooth and remote shutter. Canon can go F*** themselves with this nonsense

  • Backblaze responds to claims of “sham accounting,” customer backups at risk - Ars Technica
  • I hate to say it, but i kinda saw this coming. Ever since they went public, i lost trust in them as they become beholden to profit maximizing shareholders. I switched away 3 years ago. The part I didn't expect was the lies and insolvency.

    I switched to StorJ, which supports S3 and works as a drop in replacement for a lower price.

    Another good drop in alternative that speaks S3 is scaleway. Their based in France, but it's a bit more pricy, especially with the US$ taking a nosedive against the euro.

  • I can't believe it let me do that
  • Has the stock android experience really gotten this bad? So glad I switched to GrapheneOS. I'm not even aware of all the places there trying to shove ai crap into. All these big companies must be really desperate to justify the billions of dollars they spent developing this stuff.

  • So what ARE the current "good" VPN services?
  • I've used AirVPN for this exact setup and it works great. The port forwarding is static and doesn't change once setup. I switched to proton because it was convenient, I was already paying for ProtonMail et all, so I dropped the extra VPN subscription when it renewed.

  • The best Cloud backup in 2025?
  • I use restic with a wrapper script to automate it on all of my machines. The backend storage can be anything that speaks S3, so B2, or iDrive would both work. I currently use Storj for my backend. It's globally distributed storage, so no single point of failure geographically and it's cheap. Backblaze is also a great company, but I've grown a little skeptical since they went public.

  • VPS provider to host a cheap WireGuard relay for torrenting
  • As others have pointed out, just get a VPN and run your torrents through that. I've used AirVPN and ProtonVPN. Both are P2P friendly and even offer inbound port forwarding. It would be easier to setup and likely cheaper too. Proton is incorporated in Switzerland and has servers all over the world.

  • datahoarder @lemmy.ml nickiam2 @aussie.zone
    Moving from B2 to Storj.io

    In light of the recently announced price increase, I'm seriously considering moving all my backups from B2 to Storj as Storj is only charging $0.004/GB . As it's mostly just a backup, I don't really need the free egress and I travel a lot so not being tied to a single DC location is also appealing. What do you guys think? Anyone using Storj? What has your experience been like so far?

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