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Re:Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Goog... by Zhyl on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:06AM (#25789918)
I use SyncThing [0]. It can work without a server if your devices are often up at the same time. Otherwise you can get a small cheap server from the provider of your choice to suit your needs.

[0] https://syncthing.net/

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Re:Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Goog... by vaduz on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:41AM (#25790805)
SyncThing is great when it works, but its platform support is spotty at best (notably lacks official iOS version, I found the Android one to be flaky and if you try to use it on a Chromebook, straight up does not work).

It's great for serverless sync between Linux, freeBSD and Windows machines, though - it generally "just works". Didn't try it on macOS or Solaris, never had the need to.

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