how much do you spend a month/year on IT services such as cloud storage, vpn, etc?I spend about 23 bux a month for proton Workspace Standard (VPN, 1 TB and some fluff like password manager etc) and iDrive 5TB. I could drop the iDrive, but I don't like to have all my eggs in one basket, so I have 2 different back up providers, plus I need decent VPN service.It seems like a lot of money, but I don't wanna risk losing all my data when my hard drives break or my house gets burglarized. (unlikely, but possible)I feel a bit ambivalent about it all, sometimes I want to cancel everything to frugal maxx, but then I get worried and cancel the cancellation and keep it.it's tax deductible for my business so it's not really a big deal, but still, I don't feel completely fine with paying 23bux a month and probably it will get more expensive with inflationwhat do you do?
>>62591121I store my data on external HDD and use cloudflare one to circumnavigate website blocks
>>62591128>external HDDit can lose your data and also it can get stolen or destroyed
>>62591142but my data can't leak
>>62591147true, I constantly go back and forth on it all. When I was 25 I was burglarized, they stole my computers and I lost my entire life's worth of data. So I am burned once and twice shy or how do they say it.
>>62591147There are hardware backdoors sending logs to tel aviv once you go online. Still reasonable choice
My internet is $30 and my phone is $40 I dont spend a penny more
>>62591367>hardware backdoors sending logs to tel avivhow?
$36 a year on icloud storage, that's it.
>>625911213 euros a month for a vpn
