His values have been incompatible with Proton’s mission for some years now. Proton hasn’t deviated from their mission however so I’m fine using their products until they do.

I incidentally agree with the guy that handwritten code is practically obsolete in this age of llms. Typewriters and hard copy markups are also practically obsolete in the age of word processors yet some of the best and most prolific writers use them exclusively.

Give people options and let them choose what works for them. So many CEOs have a hard time with this concept.

The way I see it is that proton’s mission hasn’t changed. I pay for their products, which remain secure and privacy focused despite their asshat CEO.

We’re talking self hosting, not an enterprise setup. Industry best practices and layers of defense mitigation are not realistic expectations for something like a media server that is only intended to be accessed by the owner and maybe a couple other people.

Llama.cpp running qwen 3.8 on a mini PC with 32GB ddr5 ram and 8GB vram. Not the most speedy but it works. I only really access it while at home but I’m also set up with tailscale.

Dynamic dns is what you need. Only takes a few minutes to set up