Hour well spent

Until recently I lived my digital life with open source software, self-hosting, driven by privacy, encryption and owning my data. You get the feeling you're contributing to a better world with more freedom and less 'capitalistic' practices. It didn't cost me much, except time and some 'overhead' in my operations. On the other side we have services that aren't free (as in beer), but provide cross-platform services with immediate synchronization. And with throw-away mail addresses you don't have ...