Google Photos is ending its Unlimited Free Storage from June 1, 2021

[JB701]

MTNL uses dynamic public IP. No-IP and DDNS is used to update the IP Address corresponding to the domain whenever the ISP changes it.

However, with Carrier Grade NAT, services such as webservers cannot be accessed from WAN directly as the public IP is shared by many customers.

ZeroTier allows you to join a ZeroTier network and get a IP which can be accessed from other devices connected to the ZeroTier network. ZeroTier can punch through Carrier Grade NAT and establish direct connections between two devices without having to relay data through another server (though initially it does relay data for some time before connection is established).

The State of NAT Traversal – ZeroTier

www.zerotier.com

Check this thread:

How to bypass Excitel (or any other isp) firewall and NAT | Excitel Broadband

For nearly a year, I have been trying to find a way to punch through excitel's firewall to make my LAN accessible through WAN. As Excitel uses carrier grade NAT to provide its services, we weren't able to access our home servers, cameras etc . Recently, I found a software called ZeroTier One...

broadband.forum

 

[Sachin23]

Had a thought of moving to the Apple ecosystem, since it's photos app also has the AI search thing and they are pro privacy atleast on paper..

Tested it and surprised that the search feature of Google photos is AGES ahead of the one in Apple. Another alternative shot down 😔

 

[Sachin23]

Also, just noticed that Google One pricing is different for Apple users! And there are more quota options.

iPhone:

Android:

 

[Navjot Singh]

Makes sense as iPhone pricing includes the 30% cut by Apple.

 

[varkey]

Since its tied to your account, you can always purchase it from Android or a PC and it would still apply on your Apple device.

 

[mikrotik]

And there are more quota options.

Try selecting monthly plans on android app. Higher than 2TB only monthly plans are available.

 

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[Sachin23]

Thanks. I can see them on the Google one app.. Not visible when going through Drive's Buy storage button.

 

[manu1991]

Got the Pi4 today, will set it up in the evening and see how practical it is

 

[manu1991]

Have finished setting everything up

Turned out to be much easier than I anticipated

Ordered the Pi4 from pibox, it comes with everything including case, sd card etc.

Installed NextCloudPi on the SD card, booted and set it up from the webUI

Setup a zerotier network to access it from outside

Profit!

 

[mikrotik]

And what are you using for storage?

 

[manu1991]

A 5TB Seagate Backup Plus drive

Plan to add another one for RAID

 

[JB701]

I would suggest having a Pi at friends house, have Pi encrypt the files and sync it with the other. Just in case something happens to your home.

Relying entirely one or two hard drives even in RAID is a bad idea as it is located at a single place especially for valuable data.

 

[LordSpymaster]

I guess I'm the only one who bought 1 year of Google One cause of this...
For a regular user like me, this is easy and convenient...

 

[Sushubh]

google one is fine if your usage requirements are less than 200GB.

 

[Sushubh]

Just in case something happens to your home.

or just rclone the folder regularly to a cheap online storage.