Running opencloud - great nextcloud replacement - Byte Pursuits
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I’ve been running owncloud, then nextcloud for years. While it worked I was never very happy with it. Performance was always lackluster even for 1-2 users, features added are seemingly superfluous and was never something I wanted or cared about (groupware, AI assistant, talk features – don’t use, need or care). All I want is ... Read more

Hey friends. I finally fired nextcloud - and so should you.

edit: wow. reddit banned me for posting a link to my (completely unmonitezed, unproductized) blog in multiple r/selfhosted threads. I bet it’s related to this lemmy link

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    2 days ago

    The weaker (permissive instead of copyleft) license alone is a reason to be suspicious of both the project and OP. At this point, it’s just telegraphing plans to eventually go proprietary and enshittify.

    • bytepursuits@programming.devOPEnglish
      131·
      2 days ago

      and I would have gotten away with it if it wasnt for you meddling kids.
      NO - but seriously completely gratuitous from my end. I’m fed up with nextcloud.

      as to licensing - yeah I didnt even look at it, opencloud was forked from owncloud I figured it is something consistent. I like they use matrix for their chat.

      as to enshittification - that is something nobody can predict but I have seen GPL3 went private many times: https://directus.io/blog/changing-our-license-one-year-later or mongo I think was agpl3.

      tbh yes - licensing is not something I looked into strongly.

    • Static_Rocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      Well, I wouldn’t go that far. Let’s not forget Nextcloud started as a fork for the same reason. The permissive license doesn’t stop us from keeping it alive, but it is something to be cautious of.