Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "The Hated One" channel.

One other benefit of self-hosting is that you can delete the data and the logs. If you self-host they're gonna say you're guilty regardless so at least the data and logs can be truly gone.
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@THE-X-Force What difference does it make if you get 10yrs in jail for deleting data and logs, or you get 10yrs in jail for self-hosting and being labeled a criminal by the government over something truly insignificant? That's the reality in much of CANZUK & CUNA. Self-hosting at least ensures the data and logs are deleted so it makes it harder for them to frame you. The easiest way for people to self host is to use a NAS such as a QNAP or Synology. They have free DynDNS for remote access, they use HTTPS (Let'sEncrypt Certificates), you can get a static IP from your ISP for best results, and can replace Google. On a Synology NAS install: Synology Contacts, Synology Calendar, Synology Drive Server, Synology Office (accessible within Synology Drive) and Synology Photos, Note Station & Synology Chat Server. As long as you encrypt the Folder Shares you create on a NAS, its easy to delete the data as without the keys, good luck decrypting.
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@MrPzyt At least on Android you can side-load your own apps that you wrote, you can install apps such as those that Synology wrote to work with the packages they run on their NAS'. That means you can simply use a Synology NAS to host your own Google equivalent (photos, drive, contacts, calendar, chat, notes, etc.). On CrApple you're stuck in the walled garden and can't really do anything they haven't authorized. Plus most good Android phones can have secure operating systems installed on them as the bootloader isn't encrypted and locked by the OEM. Try de'CrApple'ing a CrApple device - you can't do it. At least with Android, you can 100% de-Google it.
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