I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online.
That said, given the new AI race, it’s less safe than ever before and I’m seeking somewhere I can stick my photos and videos really cheaply and securely. Somewhere with pedigree that seems like it would be around in ten years. Also, someone with a modern design team so the app doesn’t look like shit (preferably an open source Material You app targetting Android 14) and I can get notifications with daily memories.
Hetzner has a storage box. It is like 5€/mo for 1TB NextCloud storage.
Sadly, the company that develops Nextcloud doesn’t see a dime from that, so it’s not really sustainable
What does that mean? NextCloud itself does not really host any servers themselves. If you want you can donate to them.