// Hacker Noon · 18 February 2026

I Replaced $1,200/Year in Cloud Subscriptions With a Single Home Server. Here's What I Learned.

I ditched Google Drive, iCloud, 1Password, and three streaming services by setting up a home server running StartOS. Total savings: roughly $100/month. The hardest part was not the tech. It was unlearning the assumption that the cloud is the only option.

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