I ditched Google Drive for my own self-hosted storage - and I wish I'd done it sooner
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ZDNET's key takeaways
- Google Drive is the go-to for file storage, but there are alternatives.
- I use Nextcloud, an open-source, free program.
- It functions like Drive but has several advantages.
I've been a dedicated Google Drive user for years. It was always the easiest option to back up my important documents; it made sharing files easy, and I never had trouble with anything disappearing. Even though I blew past the free storage limit long ago, I was perfectly fine paying the monthly fee for the convenience of using the file storage system I was used to.
Over time, though, little things began to give me pause about trusting years of critical files to one service. I started seeing horror stories about users being locked out of their accountsseemingly for no reason, Google kept pushing more and more toward AI...
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