Mozilla grants Ente- a private Google Photos alternative- $100k

[thrownawaysz]

Wish we can donate to the development of Firefox and not projects like this.

And yes I did but stopped last year when it became clear they are spending money on projects I don't care about https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/

[PenguinCoder]

Why? Competition and alternatives are good for everyone.

[loa_in_]

I don't know how it relates to anything else happening in the world but it seems like a good idea. People use Google photos, people look for alternatives.

[ein0p]

The true alternative to Photos is Immich: https://github.com/immich-app/immich. Anything that someone else hosts is not in any way "private".

[microsoftedging]

You can self host ente if you want I'm pretty sure

https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/

[windlep]

I self-host Immich and its definitely my favorite web photo system. One thing with Ente that aligns more with Mozilla's approach to data however is end-to-end encryption, which Ente has, but Immich doesn't. So I can see why Mozilla funded this option instead.

I personally wish that self-hosting was a more reliable and simplified process for the average person such that simpler and more powerful software like Immich was the best choice for all.

[prophesi]

They also have quite the disclaimer :/

- The project is under very active development.

- Expect bugs and breaking changes.

- Do not use the app as the only way to store your photos and videos.

- Always follow 3-2-1 backup plan for your precious photos and videos!

edit: Though those last two are applicable to any data hosting solution.

[thunkshift1]

Nice sentiment but 100k isnt much.

[Traubenfuchs]

I wonder how many people actually use Ente. Looks very niche and non-mainstream to me.

[phanimahesh]

Is there any published guide to self host? There's no mention of it anywhere except an offhanded comment in the Readme.

[vishnumohandas]

https://help.ente.io/self-hosting

[espoal]

Isn't Mozilla cash strapped?

[homebrewer]

I don't think they would have raised CEO pay last year if things were really bad financially. Right?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38795308

https://stateof.mozilla.org

[seeknotfind]

It's only $100k.

[XCSme]

I am pretty happy with self-hosted https://photoprism.app

[majorchord]

Will they be incentivized to develop features that people don't want now?

[xterminator]

From a quick look, only the client is open source. The server software is still privative. Why did Mozilla fund this? There is no shortage of libre software of self-hosted image servers in need of funding.

[vishnumohandas]

Ente is fully open source[1][2].

[1]: https://github.com/ente-io/ente

[2]: https://ente.io/blog/open-sourcing-our-server

[snowmanak]

ENTE failed on iOS with my initial password verification

[echelon]

Brave is doing pretty well, and they're building their own search engine and ad blocking which will provide a path to revenue.