I’m trying to avoid most subscriptions. So I rent a small VServer and a VPS and run a little Proxmox server in my home. That is around 13€/month, including electricity for the Proxmox server. I could combine them and save a little bit of money, but currently I avoid the hassle of doing that.

But that gives me E-Mail, Nextcloud, offsite backup, a website, HomeAutomatization with HomeAssistant, a PlexServer to stream music and movies, paperless and more. So: Say no to expensive subscriptions, do it yourself.

Yeah and let’s not pretend that everyone back in 2002 was eMuling or torrenting and cracking videos games. I knew so many people who failed at ripping a CD to MP3 or copying it with a CD burner.

• It has the map corpus from OpenStreetMap, so one of the best in the world
• It works offline - just download the desired maps onto the device
• That makes it really, really fast. Google Maps is slower
• You can also use it in areas with bad reception. I’m using it for hiking in the woods where there is no cell phone connection available
• I really like the UI - they are f.e. better at displaying house numbers and street names than Google.
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