pcspecialist. They’re based in the UK but also have mainland European websites (.de, .ch, etc) and deliver everywhere.

In addition to Calibre-Web there is also Calibre Web Automated.

I’ve been following this community for a while now and have not yet found the courage to selfhost anything.

I find the answers generally either assume a lot of knowledge, or throw out a single solution provider (synology, nextcloud, yunohost). Neither of these approaches helps me advance the big picture overview that I’m lacking, or a way of evaluating what the best setup is for me. I’ve started drafting an overview document for myself with the vague idea of asking for feedback here but I’m not sure such a request would be welcome.

So, yes, I would be interested in a solution that makes self-hosting more accessible.

Turns out I can only cross-post link posts, so I had to create a new post :/ It’s on there though, thanks for the suggestion.

You are not the only person unhappy about this. A few people have asked for alternative payment options and they said they would look into it but nothing so far. I’ll give them another nudge.

I agree, the lack of apps is the biggest problem at the moment. In their latest blog post they’ve set out their roadmap, which is focussing a lot on improvements for app developers. I assume this is needed to convince more app developers to use them.

I’m interested to see what they can achieve if they can have someone working regularly and not just in their spare time, and I am using some apps from their store, so it makes sense for me to donate in the short to medium term. Long term I would expect a self-financing business model though.

F-Droid will also never host any govt authorisation apps, or banking apps. The fact that Microg and the Aurora Store exist shows that F-Droid can’t meet everyone’s needs. De-googling doesn’t mean going completely FOSS for everyone.