Is that really an alternative though? I bought a synology because I don’t want to spend hours and hours configuring shit, only for it to break after an update. I fiddled around with proxmox, truenas etc. But it’s a hassle. I absolutely believe that DIY is the way to go if you have the time for it though.

I hate what synology is doing and seeing where most companies are heading I’m pretty sure the enshittification won’t stop at using their own branded HDDs. But I just want a solution that works. As shitty as this move by synology is for me its still cheaper to spend 30 euros more on a drive and have a hassle free solution then screwing around with DIY solutions.

Please prove me wrong though… I’m trying to rid myself of big tech and have been pretty successful so far (linux, self hosting, no more streaming subscriptions etc.). If anyone knows of a better solutions that had synology drive like function and hyper backup like function with a minimal maintenance OS I’m all for it.

What’s the alternative though? I’m not going to fuck around with having a home server and proxmox, I tried that once and it was a nightmare and simply not worth my time. My use case is having backups for my small business from 1 location to another and using the synology drive as cloud solution.

I buy a synology box, throw in a drive and don’t look back until I buy another one. That’s worth the extra money to me. No hassle, it just works and doesn’t cost me any money or time having to configure all kinds of crap.

Yeah don’t think I approve of any of this. In my opinion synology can at a bag of… well you know what.

I’d love to hear good alternatives from people though (genuinely since I will consider switching there is a competitor that offers the same value and ease of use).

Well… they went the enshittification route and they keep on censoring more and more. One of their latest stunts is that they’re going to implent an age check by making a video of you.

Yeah sorry but that is very privacy invasive. I’m all for trying to catch predators and shit but I’m not giving away my privacy for it.

As an added bonus they’re more and more ads so they can link all that juicy data you send them to a profile.

How does sailfish OS compare to Graphene? Is it just as private and secure?

How stupid are these people? Why does anyone think Trump is good for business?

The problem with Matrix to me is that it is simply too unstable. I can open it up on any device and half the messages won’t load or are corrupted. Media won’t show at all. In contrast Lemmy has been super reliable and “just works”, so going from reddit to lemmy was no problem at all. And the communities are great too.

I just want working voice chat and group chats.

The entire streaming i don’t really care about. There are other apps for that.

But yeah as it is I’m probably better off using discord until the enshittification is so bad no one wants to use it anymore.

“But the line is going up so it must be good!, hail Trump!”

MAGAts probably.

If you’re still buying a tesla after all the shit from the past few years you deserve every shitty thing that comes with it.

“Why is my car constantly full of scratches?”

Owner of car probably

I’ve already settled on making lemmy my new home a long while ago. I like it here and there is more than enough engagement.

What i can’t really find an alternative for is discord… it’s going through the “enshittification fascism techbro” phase.

I tried matrix but honestly it sucks, Its so incredibly buggy it’s barely even usable. I’m still willing to give it a try since it seems very promising but the instability is a big downside.

This episode was amazing. I’m loving the energy between the two characters.

Nah, its not over 9000 yet.

There were some okay boards like /a/ and /vg/. The rest was pure trash. I used to play warframe and world of tanks and /vg/ had a pretty decent thread (but that was like 10? Years ago) where you could find other players and discuss builds.

/a/ was okay but as soon as reddit (which i stopped using too) had a decent anime community i left from that too since it was mostly shitposting.

Unironically /g/ sometimes had some good threads for recommending used laptops.

The past 5? years I barely visited it since every single board became a breeding ground for hate speech, trolling and shitposting. I checked time to time if things became better but nope. I decided it was better to just check reddit (and now lemmy) communities that highlighted the funny posts.

There isn’t really a place where you can post anonymously like 4chan though. Although they didn’t allow VPNs since a few years so it’s not totally anonymous anyway…

Shart of the deal

Yeah… I think most people mistake hating ai from hating the way it is implemented.

There are plenty of really good reasons to hate ai for the way it is being implemented (plagiarism for one). Or shitty companies replacing good employees that do a better job than an ai just for cost saving (short term profit, shareholders above anything).

I believe ai can be usefull especially for doing menial repetitive tasks. And it should be possible to implement ai in an ethical way so it can benefit anyone and not just leech.

But currently big tech is implementing it in a shitty way and they will find a way to enshittify ai (just like they did with social media).

Everyone is being lured in with “free” queries and when everyone is “addicted” and all of the competition has either gone bankrupt or bought they’ll start charging money and make the service worse.

Yeah I’ve done some digging after your comment and also found the Louis rossman video.

They are indeed quite aggressive. What would you suggest as a good alternative? Lineage?

I try to use only foss apps as well (mostly F Droid).

Nah… Europe’s countries still have their own laws so you can’t just “take control of europe” like Trump took control of the US. You can’t just appoint a European leader that just destroys everything the predecessor has done.

What controversy? I haven’t heard about this? Can you share a link? I was planning on getting a pixel bur if some weird shit happens then I might go for a fairphone instead (and put lineage or eos on it).