providers VS searx-instances

> So I could just keep using big tech Big tech collects the scary amount of data about you even from metadata, without access to your files. Smaller providers "like Hetzner" are less interested in doing so. So buying a VPS or a hosted Nextcloud (https://github.com/nextcloud/providers) AND keeping encrypting your data also makes sense.

I moved from Gmail to Posteo, Gdrive to Nextcloud, and Android to /e/ OS. I self-host Nextcloud and installed the mobile OS myself, but if someone is not inclined, both have ready to use offerings as well.

Nextcloud partnered with providers and they give 2GB instances for free, allegedly. If you need more, you can check https://github.com/nextcloud/providers#providers

Buy an /e/ OS phone: https://esolutions.shop/

There are also third party sellers, like "Liberate your tech", who sell phones with GrapheneOS preinstalled.

Some are listed here: https://github.com/nextcloud/providers you have to look for the keyword 'managed'. But I know at least 2 more (hetzner.com and ionos.de), so this list is definitely not complete.

Nextcloud Notes is an Open Source notes app that has an Android resizable widget which can show a specified note. It works in conjunction with the Nextcloud Android client to sync notes. The notes are then accessible from the Android Nextcloud Notes app, and the web via a Nextcloud provider. You can either host your own Netcloud instance, or use third-party Netcloud providers (like Cloudamo).

You don't need to set it up yourself; there are plenty of providers which host Nextcloud for you: https://github.com/nextcloud/providers

You will find the list here on Nextcloud github

Choose a provider who offer a preconfigured Nextcloud instance.

I still recommend a Searx instance over google. Independently run search engines using an open-source software that aggregate searches over multiple engines, including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Wikipedia, DDG, Ecosia, and many many more.

This kind of thing is why I use searx

I recommend hopping on public SearxNG instances. https://searx.space/

This was my default search in Safari, the "new tab opens with" way.

Now it shows "Cloud provider terminated all my servers, service is down for the moment. Working on it. Sorry. Please use other instances on https://searx.space"

Assuming you don't publicly list this instance on searx.space, you should be fine with a small vps. I don't see this thing having more than a dozen concurrent users so I wouldn't bother with a vps larger than 2gb of ram and 2 cpu . This should cost less than 10-20 bucks a month on vultr or digitalocean. Then you just need a domain, which can be as little as like 8 bucks a year depends on where you get it. So I'd estimate it would cost 80-120 a year to run.

If anyone is interested in getting around search related privacy issues, look into a public SearXNG instance. It doesn't mitigate all privacy concerns but does a lot to move in that direction.

Try SearXNG (https://searx.space/)

If you want to try it out before creating your own, check out https://searx.space/