I know how it works, my problem is that server software is meant to run constantly in the background, and needs to be managed in a specific way, and I specifically don’t want this to happen.
I know I can put self-hosted server behind a VPN, but it’s an entirely different use case.
Most of the popular ones have apps you can download seperately and the server just works to connect devices and allow you to use a web interface if necessary, like if you want a pc app it already works like a pc app, its just accessed through your webbrowser?
These do tend to be open source so they aren’t also going to make free apps in different codebases and pay developer fees, not realistic, what is realistic is web apps that ppl can easily copy and host themselves. They aren’t android/ios developers.
I know how it works, my problem is that server software is meant to run constantly in the background, and needs to be managed in a specific way, and I specifically don’t want this to happen.
I know I can put self-hosted server behind a VPN, but it’s an entirely different use case.
Also this is about cloud services lol, if you want like a drive on your phone, the app is the files app or sftp to your pc no selfhosting required lol
Most of the popular ones have apps you can download seperately and the server just works to connect devices and allow you to use a web interface if necessary, like if you want a pc app it already works like a pc app, its just accessed through your webbrowser?
These do tend to be open source so they aren’t also going to make free apps in different codebases and pay developer fees, not realistic, what is realistic is web apps that ppl can easily copy and host themselves. They aren’t android/ios developers.