[mxuribe]

Thanks so much for this! I guess because for my usage, most often I'm viewing photos and videos either via mobile or via my local directory (which is what gets synched to my nextcloud instance)...so i have not encountered some of these issues. But, now that you mention these, i tried a few, and see exactly what you mean. For me, it does not spell doom - though your list is spot on - because as noted i'm not getting hit too hard by most of these. But, this does help me because i am going to try nextcloud via Hetzner. Again, my goal is simply to lessen a few maintenance chores every month...so if i get a few cuts, maybe not so bad; especially since the Hetzner cost is quite fair. Thanks for your help; very informative and I'm very appreciative of your time and attention!!!

[athrow]

No problem, honestly I think for the price it's really hard to beat considering that you get unlimited (subject to fair use I'm guessing) traffic and backups included in the price. Also, supposedly v25 of NextCloud does offer big improvements (including for Photos) - Hetzner are yet to implement this.