Understandable.

Another aside, I realised that st was probably what was draining my battery after reading this, but the app is actually pretty solid re: customization, so I just set it to only sync when plugged in to charge, and that seems to have helped.

I’m aware of mega.nz; the main problem is the tiered pricing model. They’re fantastic value if you store <50GB, close to but under 1TB, or >2TB, but awful value at just over 1TB.

I ended up using it because it was the only system with a solid wild-card-supporting ignore system, similar to git. I mostly only sync markdown notes, latex source documents, svgs/vector images, and the occasional jpg, so small data sizes. Between my department’s server, office machine, laptop and phone, I’ve got enough spread redundancy to feel safe. Plus, worked the best for using termux on android for working on the go.

Regarding windows installation, did you find synctrayzor? Has a nice gui for setting up the syncing schedules. Still have to click around, but better than task scheduler.

A close second (and one I still do a slower-schedule backup to) is mega.nz, which has a good OS cli, supports unix and windows, fully encrypts all data, and gives 50 GB free storage. Cross your radar?

Yeah Nextcloud has always looked interesting, but I think the main reasons I’ve never taken the plunge is the size and complexity of it – running a service like that is a pretty big responsibility, even with just your own data. For now, Fastmail is what I use, and I trust them enough, but it’s nice to know that Nextcloud is there!