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cballero
1024 MB  Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever 
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on: April 18, 2022, 19:20
So it's a shame when something useful goes away, but here I am now lol I had set up some of my personal domains to use gmail using Google Apps ten years ago.. fast-forward to this year and all of that is transitioning to their paid-for business, which mostly hurt because the fam also setup voice numbers under the domain name so the blow comes as a bill in the hundreds just to continue using it the way it was setup years ago. I know, 'All good things come to an end' does come to mind! (the saying writer forgot to add, 'especially if it's provided by Google' lol) Did anyone in our merry band also get caught up in all this? And if you did, what feelings, ideas, strategies, or maybe simply suggestions, might you have relating to what to do next? I guess the hardest part is having to part with something very useful being that it was a free service then the shock of facing a pretty big bill in order to keep on using everything  If all else fails, I can migrate to a paid service and slowly start migrating to cheaper platforms and alternatives at my own pace, so I'm not hurting that badly, it was more of the eventual letdown I helped setup by buying into a freebie for so long, lol  I mean, it definitely was good while it lasted, so I can't genuinely complain (that much lol)! 
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #1 on: April 19, 2022, 07:28
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Ouch. :-/ I think you Americans have a saying that goes like "ain't no such thing as a free lunch". That holds especially true for Google and the likes. Guess that proves critics stating that it is smart to never rely on them unless temporarily necessary. Try to control your digital life as much as possible. The bigger the other side (Google, Facebook etc.), the smaller we get. So the more we should distrust them. That might mean less convenience. And (re)learning a few things. For instance, I see the merits of cloud computing. But I don't use it for the very reason, as I don't want to be dependent to the whims of a corporate oligarchy. We need more digital Thoreaus.
Last Edit: April 19, 2022, 09:12 by Bolkonskij
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #2 on: April 20, 2022, 01:04
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I setup a NextCloud server on my old Raspberry Pi 3B+. It is free software and open source. It provides something of a stripped down Google Services for my local network. I still have and use a gMail email address, but all my sharing and syncing is now done on my own networks. NextCloud uses WebDav extensively and WebDav is available for classic Mac systems, I do not know WebDav is available for System 7. But if you want to setup local sharing of pictures, calenders, notes, addresses for use with family and friends (at least when they visit) Nextcloud offers a viable alternative. The Pi is setup so the Raspberry Pi OS and Nextcloud boot and run off an SD card, while I use a 128GB thumbdrive as a data drive. It runs headless and while I am not sure of its power usage, the Pi itself can use no more than 12watts, which makes it inexpensive to run. And of course the Pi SD card and thumb drive can be had for a fairly small investment. It is a very robust system. I have been using it for just under a year, and I shut is down every few months to update the software as needed, and to back up the data drive. A NextCloud instance can be rented from several vendors as well.
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #3 on: April 20, 2022, 03:19
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I hear you Bolj I toally knew better way back when, but it's been so nice to have this for free for what, 16 years?On the other hand, I am very keen on exploring NextCloud! If I migrate my calendars and virtual drive to such a self-hosted setup, I can then just activate the POP or IMAP email from my web hosting service and install the best Android email client for email on my Chromebook. My only setback is figuring out an easy way to pull files to attach them to my email since Chrome doesn't truly play nice with anything but Google Drive, but I suppose I can use a normal gmail account for that then. As far as WebDAV, the oldest client (Goliath) is PPC only and runs on Mac OS 8.1, but I've always thought that it could be hacked to run on at the very least Mac OS 7.6.1 and maybe even (fast?) 68k Macs? Here's the website it's on: www.webdav.org/goliath Gosh, this would so rock on 68k Macs running Mac OS 7!!
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