I agree with the public spaces. Just put https and we’re good.

The worst part of Matrix is needing to copy recovery key onto each new device or install, or else you will lose access to all your messages in public servers. Its been discouraging and I rarely use Matrix because of this inconvenience, but I really want to – but it’s too exhausting and time consuming. And I lose track of conversations if I lost the key, which isn’t practical if I’m working on something and getting help.

I like the alternatives, but they mean nothing without being federated.

I still have my CAD $210 Google credit from Google because they throtted my Pixel, and I might let it expire because I want a Fairphone instead.

I love Nextcloud but it’s such a beast to setup

This bot is annoying.

Is it identical to Tailscale?

I’m liking seeing both these opinions side by side. Both sound great.

Someone wants to spoon feed me curl commands, like thanks :-)

Someone wants to spoon me a UI which I can’t curl, thanks eh :-)

This is interesting. I’m excited to hear more about NetBird.

if you’re only hosting Immich for yourself, it might be better to look into setting up internal VPN only access to it for remote connection.

If you’re Canadian, you can get free and cheap .ca domains https://www.cira.ca/en/why-choose-ca/

True, but then on the upside it’s not a Google phone. Which could be more secure from nefarious back doors.

Also there is a part of the Pixel phone which you’re locked from reformating – Is it the bios or bootloader?

As an alternative, if you wanted something less secure, and more ethical, consider buying a Fairphone. However GrapheneOS does not support Fairphone at this moment.

https://www.fairphone.com/