Uhm this is exactly why you only store already-encrypted data on remote servers

If that happens to you, that’s both a great reminder that mindlessly copy-pasting commands from the internet is a terrible idea, and a chance to practice your restore-from-backup routine! I see no downsides.

I like obsidian specifically because you don’t need to rely on some built-in sync tool. The files are right there and in a sane format, you can sync them however you want. I use syncthing for this at home, but the choice is yours

Why use a fancy GUI tool when good old dd does the trick

It eludes me how people pay to ‘buy’ something that they cannot download in the first place. If I don’t have it as a file on my computer, I don’t own it. You wouldn’t pay to ‘buy’ a physical item if that meant only being able to look at it at the store, without the ability to take it home and do whatever you want with it.

Why openvpn? Last I checked wireguard has significantly better performance (plus it’s built into the kernel already)

Seek these nuts

Do you actually have 10G switches and network cards, or is everything behind your router on 1G?