I recently noticed that my nextcloud instance was missing photos. I have the android app set to automatically upload my photos. When I need to clear up space on my phone, I make a separate backup (because I’m a paranoid SOB and hard drives are relatively cheap). I noticed that nextcloud auto upload missed about 10% of the photos. I’m not going to bash the nextcloud devs, as I recognize that I am using a free product and am owed nothing, but I’m making this post so others are aware of this risk. Apparently I’m not alone https://help.nextcloud.com/t/android-client-does-not-auto-upload-all-images/216849/14

  • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
    313·
    22 hours ago

    Can’t wait for proper Linux phones to be more viable so that we have more control over shit like this.

    • massi1008@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Honest question: what would you do if there was a proper Linux phone to not have this problem? Fork and maintain your own nextcloud client?

      • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 hours ago

        There are so maby different solutions for this on Linux. Syncing folders and backups in general is an old problem with many, many approaches

      • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
        1·
        10 hours ago

        Use Nextcloud’s desktop client? Or the cli client with cron/systemd timers. Or any old webdav client.

          • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
            4·
            5 hours ago

            Yes, that’s the whole point of Linux on a phone. The ability to easily use existing software. The app already has small screens so using it on a phone should be possible without any trouble.