I think we should be happy when this happens as it encourages more players to be active in AI, and us not rely on only two companies

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jellyfin 12 available as hosted option on malmo. one click install

https://malmo.network/store/jellyfin

[self promo warning] Setting up self hosting alternatives like immich is still the biggest adoption barrier out there. Most people are not technical. I had the same problem even as a technical personal.

I built malmo to solve that. 1 click install for immich malmo.network/store/immich

Underlying OS fully open source, install it on your own box or use a hosting provider

I don't think cost is the main reason you should move. Things like photos, gmail are definitely subsided by google so it's not a fair comparison. It's getting pretty easy to add backup for self hosting so that is becoming the smallest problem. Agree with you, still worth it

You can. But it's a more manual process. Under gdpr you can request total deletion of your data

Out of all the companies that could have acquired hugging face, I think nvidia is the best fit. If it had to happen, happy it was them

On web I use an adblocker to block annoying google popups, including the Gemini one in gmail.

Immich is an amazing alternative. People should give it a chance. One click install: https://malmo.network/store/immich

That was a good way of thinking you had. It still is.

Malmo OS has the same mission as sandstome but I guess the focus is more around docker containers

As others said, baserow is a good one. Pretty easy to self-host with something like https://malmo.network/store/baserow (founder here)