My next chapter of #deGoogling touches both my smartphone and computer(s): Contacts and Calendars management, synchronization & backup.

I'm considering two possibilites:
1. #Nextcloud as a server (how to choose from the available public instances?) and #DAVx5 (on my smartphone) for syncing. In the future I *might* consider self-hosting.
2. Using #DecSyncCC only (since I already use #Syncthing).

I would like to hear your thoughts and perhaps ask some follow-up questions!

A little twist in events... I've decided to give #fastmail a serious shot, its simplicity appealed to me and I believe it to be worth the low price!
@maze It might be worth checking the pricing on #fastmail subsidiary https://www.pobox.com/. It might be a better deal, and you get their awesome custom filters & other nice features atop the Fastmail mailstore. (PM me for a referral link)
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@maze I've been happy with @fastmail for about 10 years now. It's an honest and feature-rich email service that constantly improves year-after-year. You're in good company.
@maze I already am using #nextcloud and #davx5 and it works flawlessly. BigTech has really tricked us into thinking that these things are hard to self-host and self-manage and that we Have to depend on them for it... Never again.