IVPN or AirVPN (depending on whether or not you need port-forwarding) is my VPN recommendation.
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2026
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You say you don't need drive storage, but you already have it with Mailbox if you ever need it.
Not needing Meet because you don't talk to people, this is the energy I need.
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For those of us who do need Drive for cloud storage, any suggestions? I'm looking for around 2tb. Please don't say self hosted NAS.
Out of curiosity, why not self hosted NAS?
I've been pretty happy with mine.
I already manage a lot of self hosted stuff, and this cloud storage is specifically for my crucial off-site backups.
Understandable. Sadly, you can't exactly set up an off-site backup in your living room, no matter how much you want to.
When someone doesn't want self hosted NAS, it feels like they often just dn't want to bother with it. While I haven't used them myself, I've heard good things about ready made NAS boxes.
For self built, it has been too hassle free in my experience. I want to tinker more with the NAS part, but it is just too reliable & maintenance free!
While I know that they're different, the more common reasons for not wanting a NAS just remind me a bit of some "reasons" to not care about digital privacy or security.
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Self hosted bit warden is rad I imported the DBs of all my Google account password managers and never looked back. Works great on my mobile device for passkeys/biometric also
Hey login is a good Password manager and free
I've been very happy with purelymail
For VPN I do like AirVPN a lot.
I do currently use Bitwarden for my 2FA as well as my passwords, though I should look into Ente Auth.
This perfectly sums up my situation. I'm currently trialing a free Tuta mail account and a Mailfence account (freeee)
Waiting for expert reviews of the alternative VPN options.
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I’m trying out a few CPNs on iOS. This far Windscribe is good with a 10gb free limit. Psiphon has been good too. I have Orbot to try next for VPN over TOR.
I use Aliasvault as Passwordmanager and Riseup VPN. They are great!
this community used to be full of proton fanboys -- i'm genuinely surprised that this hasn't been downvoted into oblivion because of it.
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