I’m looking for some service to replace Backblaze.
Hetzner storage box would probably be an option, but I need something that is parent-proof. I also have no experience with setting up servers, so I would be extremely worried about fail safes for anything self-hosted.
I’m happy to pay for a service, so I’m not restricted by that.

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    3 hours ago

    “Parent-proof” as in ‘they are old and clueless users’ (a bit like myself) or as in “I’m a minor and I don’t want my parents to get a look into my por… personal library of cute images” ?

    Half-trolling here but not completely: if you’re a minor, there is very little ways to put any of your data out of reach of your parents.

    As for cloud backups. I don’t know much alternatives to Backblaze (I used to one of their customers) but I now use European based cloud storages as backups. It works depending the volume of data:

    • Filen.io is E2EE and relatively simple to use once configured for yours parent. If you purchase it during the Balckfriday sales you should be able to buy buy lifetime plans instead of the traditional subscription plans plans (that’ whats I did, 3 years ago, still going fine).
    • If one tera of storage is enough: Infomaniak KSuite+ is very easy to use but not E2EE. It’s less than 2€/month including an email account, some other extras like an online version of the office suite. And you can purchase extra storage up to 6To.

    They both have mobiles apps, if you need that.

    Filen is the less ‘user friendly’ of the two (nothing that bad either, it’s just… less polished and somewhat clumsier) but the most secure and privacy respecting as far as I can tell. Both are working well once they’re configured. I really love Infomaniak’s simplicity to be honest. It’s also simpler to share stuff with other people.

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      2 hours ago

      Fair point, I meant parent -proof as in I can set it up on their computer and don’t need to fiddle with the CLI every now and then to get it back up running. Basically set and forget.

      Edit: Looks like Filen will no longer offer lifetime plans for the pro tiers.