lavendertea

Large internal storage would be a compromise if there is no SD slot, but 128GB is not a lot

Thank you, yes, that does seem super convenient and in case /e/OS sucks I could change it to Lineage

Thanks, looks like it doesn't have an SD card slot unfortunately. According to these specs

Kind of, it seems like a lot of extra work to keep that secure and up to date, esp with having access from outside. My current solution is just Syncthing desktop <-> phone and works exactly the way I want.

Strongest album they've made imo, what does everyone else think of it?

Would scrobbling to e.g. ListenBrainz (or last fm) be an option for you for discovery?

Not trying to convince you in particular of anything, but for anyone who may be interested in switching to a different podcast app, I'd recommend trying Antennapod.

AFAIK to get money in artists' pockets it's best to buy merch and buy tickets to shows.

Re: Transferring, I bought a 1TB sd-card for my phone and use Syncthing to transfer music from desktop to phone.

Appreciate the detailed writeup and for highlighting the tradeoffs. Useful information for the DIY build approach

Thanks for sharing that writeup, this is useful info for the building it myself route

Thanks for that link to the blackblaze reports, definitely good to have, I always assume that a drive can fail any moment anyways.

Starting to build a storage pool sounds like a fun project, do you have suggestions of some hardware to start with that could later be expanded?

I'm not sure if data redundancy is necessary for my use case, as I don't need to guarantee 24/7 accessibility.