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I have recently repurposed and old Hp Stream to a home server and successfully run Immich. I really like it and even a small 500GB disk is way more than the 15GB Google offers.

My issue though is about backup. I would only be comfortable if all the data is backed up in an off-site server (cloud). But the back up storage will probably cost as much as paying for a service like ente or similar, directly replacing Google photo.

What am I missing? Where do you store your backup?

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never trust a company selling lifetime accounts. It's entirely unsustainable and eventually the other shoe always drops.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We're talking about data storage, not software. There are real every day costs, maintenance, replacement, power, etc... that are involved in reliably storing data.

I share the sentiment that you should be able to buy software.

Paying for data storage in a single lifetime payment is like buying one square foot of storage space in someone's apartment for a flat fee and expecting it to actually be there forever.