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[โ€“] papertowels@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

As someone who tried syncthing with their non-self hosting friends, let me tell you, that edit folder option is terrifying for the general public lol

I guess you can do "local"backups then syncthing them over, but thats a bit contrived

[โ€“] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

BitTorrent sync.