[kradeelav]

"Set up your own personal cloud instance" is adamantly not what I'd expect a non-techie to ever have the bandwidth to do, let alone a novice techie who was getting comfortable with some of the other suggestions.

I appreciate the intent of this article (even thought about writing something similar but more for a 'resisting censorship for artists' angle). But this strikes me as naive at best as to what your average Joe can be expected to manage without shepherding. I had to teach my dad how to turn on a computer for crying out loud.

[nunorbatista]

Author here. Thanks for the comment. I get your point, but if you have to teach someone how to turn on a computer, privacy is not exactly a topic that is important for that same person. It might be important to you, that will implement some of the measures under the hood.

Regarding the own cloud instance: you can easily buy a NAS and have your own instance of Nextcloud / QNAP cloud or Synology with a few clicks. These instances come with Native smartphone Apps that allow you to effectively host the data in your home.