I know what you mean. I cannot really comment (I have a sick parent, now, too, unfortunately).
Just one answer to this:
> One of the worst sub-parts was the question from the kids: I want this music and then going to get it and deal with it and then distribute it to everyone. This would take hours a month to manage.
There are million ways to set this up, I know. This is how I did it: People have their "music" folder that is synced to the Nextcloud Server. This folder is then bind-mount (read-only) to the Funkwhale-Docker inside an LXC container. On file updates, Funkwhale scans files and add any new music to people's libraries, so they can immediately listen to their new music. There is no human intervention required, zero admin work (beyond the initial setup).
I followed this design principle throughout all my services and it is pretty much "if I have no time: leave it running and it will run 12month + without requiring work".
I am at a stage now where this really _safes_ me time. All the document organization, paperless office etc. free up my spare time so I can play with my kid, help my parents etc.
I simply lost all trust to cloud providers when Amazon once said I could backup my photos for free (5TB). The upload took one month. 12 months later, they said they would deprecate the service. I had to pull everything again. Never again.
Regarding the music, mostly obtaining it in the first place is where the issues appear. Either it's difficult to get it (buy / warez / rip) and I have people with little to no technical ability and interest using it. Ergo Apple Music worked nicely.
Wait until it all breaks and you spend all night up because the kids are complaining that they can't get to their music (been there). Can point at Apple now and say it's their fault ;-)
As for trusting the cloud, you don't have to. Just have an exit plan. For me it's a backup drive and Spotify should apple go to shit.
Just one answer to this:
> One of the worst sub-parts was the question from the kids: I want this music and then going to get it and deal with it and then distribute it to everyone. This would take hours a month to manage.
There are million ways to set this up, I know. This is how I did it: People have their "music" folder that is synced to the Nextcloud Server. This folder is then bind-mount (read-only) to the Funkwhale-Docker inside an LXC container. On file updates, Funkwhale scans files and add any new music to people's libraries, so they can immediately listen to their new music. There is no human intervention required, zero admin work (beyond the initial setup).
I followed this design principle throughout all my services and it is pretty much "if I have no time: leave it running and it will run 12month + without requiring work".
I am at a stage now where this really _safes_ me time. All the document organization, paperless office etc. free up my spare time so I can play with my kid, help my parents etc.
I simply lost all trust to cloud providers when Amazon once said I could backup my photos for free (5TB). The upload took one month. 12 months later, they said they would deprecate the service. I had to pull everything again. Never again.