services

reviewing services/products I currently use, with an eye on a few possible improvements:

1. security
• do I want to be safer from malicious attacks like viruses, backdoors, etc.
2. anonymity
• do I want to increase my privacy?
3. self-reliance
• do I want to depend on others? especially questionable companies/products
• can I self-host instead?
• what's the tradeoff? likely less reliability
4. functionality
• can I move to something that offers more features?
5. cost
• can I lower costs overall?
• often a tradeoff between cost and functionality

list of services

1. media streaming: plex/emby/nextcloud?
2. cloud hosting: pCloud
3. RSS reader: no need
4. bookmark/link saver/notes: shaarli "self"-hosted on gcloud free tier
5. operating system: clear Linux & win10
6. mobile device: moto g7 power
7. email hosting: mxroute
8. blog hosting: blogger
9. domain registrar: namecheap
10. password store: LastPass (move to keepass?)
11. online backup: need? backblaze?

update 2dec19: went with pCloud lifetime membership for $503.39 ($334.12 for 2 TB and $169.27 for end-to-end encryption). breakeven with $CAD8/month comparable with sync.com at 5yrs3months.

update 1Jan20: went with mxroute lifetime membership for USD$99 or $CAD128.80. breakeven with USD$1/month at 8yrs3months.