Compare cloud storage alternatives focused on privacy, European hosting and data control. A practical guide for individuals and teams exploring alternatives to Big Tech cloud platforms.
There’s a new buzzword in tech: sovereignty. Microsoft is opening European sovereignty centres in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Munich. Amazon is launching a ‘European Sovereign Cloud’ out of Germany. Google is announcing new sovereignty features for its European cloud customers. Sounds good. But one expert already named it for what it is: sovereignty washing. Why servers in […]
Big Tech hasn’t changed but the world around us has. From the CLOUD Act to geopolitical tensions, more people are looking for European alternatives.
How a privacy-driven organisation replaced a fragmented tool stack.
Marketing should never come at the cost of privacy. That’s why we use Matomo analytics, which doesn’t track cookies, or personal data.
Why we’re changing our free tier, introducing trial accounts, and rethinking how to offer privacy-friendly services in a more sustainable way.
The Good Journal #9 A Quest for Good AI Soon, we’ll be rolling out Nextcloud server v27 as our production version and will start slowly rolling out the upgrade to every environment. With that, some neat new features have been introduced, most noticeably the AI features. We’re not too fond of the general usage of […]
The Good Journal #8 – It’s not easy being green, but it is undeniably important. At The Good Cloud, we’ve always made sure the data centre where our servers are housed is driven by renewable energy. We presumed this was the most we could do to ensure our GoodClouds aren’t bad for the environment. However, our new friends at Leafcloud have shown […]
The Good Journal #7 – It is your data, not their dataset Whether you write, paint, sing, draw, design, calculate, report, present or play the theremin, it’s very likely that you’ll have files related to these pursuits, and these files are your property. At The Good Cloud, such files are securely stored and available […]
The Good Journal #6 – The Importance of Digital Sovereignty Imagine this scenario: without a second thought, you upload an important report to the usual big tech cloud provider service we’ve all used at times. It’s omnipresent and often pre-installed on your device—it’s been your go-to service for sharing business files. But today, as you […]
