First, I am unable to host. My apartment wifi forbids it and I’m too poor to afford my own wifi.
Is there a good alternative to google docs? Preferably on the cloud, if not then that’s fine. I know LibreOffice writer exists but to my knowledge it lacks Doc’s document tab thing, which I make extensive use of, and cloud services. I’m trying to get off Google as much as I can, but the cloud hosted aspect of Docs is very useful, both for sharing links to documents quickly and for opening up a document on any of my 3 devices without having to sync or update the documents manually.
I wonder if accessing your own computer is considered hosting. Ultimately network traffic is traffic.
A tool called Tailscale will allow you to access other devices on the same virtual network from anywhere, without anyone else having access.
If you install it on each device, they can share the same network, even whilst away from your own home.
If you have a computer that provides “cloud” like services, like NextCloud for example, then it too can be part of the same network.
Outcome: You’re self-hosting without “hosting”.
Yes tailscale is amazing, give it a shot. What is your up/down speed?