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There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
Just uninstall OneDrive. You can now, and it’s a cancer anyway… While you’re at it, nuke teams as well.
Or just uninstall Windows and replace it with an operating system that is actually designed to give you freedom, privacy, security and security. The whole purpose of Windows is to spy on you while also showing you ads and annoying you with other proprietary Microsoft garbage software like Edge, Teams or OneDrive.
I have my PC at home and a PC in my workshop. Sometimes it’s nice to sit at home and work on designs, then go to my workshop and they’re synced and ready to use so I can just open them. It works really well. Is there an alternative? I don’t want to have to download the files, I like everything being synced seamlessly.
You can try Syncthing.
It doesn’t need a seperate server, messing with port forwarding, etc, just a similar setup to onedrive.
Plus, since it’s just syncing files, all your data is private, and you don’t need to worry about buying more cloud storage space.
Feel free to message me if you need help with it.
You could also use proton drive. They are a privacy focused company.
Takes a little more technical know-how, but you could take an old laptop, put Linux on it, and make a home document server. A document server is basically what OneDrive, Google Drive, etc are, just with the benefit that it’s private and free besides the cost of utilities.
Personally I would invest in some type of NAS just so you have a way to do offline backups. For a simple/cheap option: most routers have a USB port where you can easily add a hard drive and share files that way. However, imo if onedrive works for you and makes your life easier then there’s no reason to switch to an alternative.