For collaboration with others, I’d need to expose my self-hosted services to the internet which then leads to a high maintenance effort with patches, updates etc. to avoid attackers from accessing my data and network.
And even without the collaboration aspect, if I kept it in my intranet only, I’d need to permanently use a VPN to access my data. Which may be problematic as well when using a weak mobile network or if I need another VPN in parallel to access stuff in another network.
For a certain level of security and privacy, I personally prefer public cloud solutions where I can just use a service without too much effort.
https://european-alternatives.eu/category/file-hosting-services
I’d warn anyone going to EU services to take note of the new encryption laws.
Self hosted is the way. The only way. (The best way to f-up your data too, so make archives.)
Just encrypt your files before you upload them. Either with rclone, cryptomator or with a basic .7z locked zipfolder.
For collaboration with others, I’d need to expose my self-hosted services to the internet which then leads to a high maintenance effort with patches, updates etc. to avoid attackers from accessing my data and network.
And even without the collaboration aspect, if I kept it in my intranet only, I’d need to permanently use a VPN to access my data. Which may be problematic as well when using a weak mobile network or if I need another VPN in parallel to access stuff in another network.
For a certain level of security and privacy, I personally prefer public cloud solutions where I can just use a service without too much effort.