Hey friends 👋,
A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my library because I saw this video by Jared Henderson warning of the change and downloaded all
Compute has become so ubiquitous it’s silly that we need to pick between server-client and p2p
Syncthing is a good example of being both, with options you can enable for your server version, but it’s way too basic compared to immich or nextcloud
Eh, Syncthing is only stuff you control, which doesn’t exactly fulfill what OP is talking about: extending the benefits of self-hosting to those who can’t or don’t want to self-host. It also doesn’t expand storage, it just keeps your storage in sync between devices.
P2P solves a lot of this. It provides expanded storage, can be easy to get into (add nodes as you go/pay others for nodes), etc. But there’s the perennial issue w/ trusting others w/ your data.
That’s why I think a hybrid is better. Buy storage from trusted providers as needed and use apps that work w/ that. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to really be a thing, but I think it could be super cool. Places like libraries can provide libraries to underprivileged people, who can then add to it w/ something from the market.